Legal Opinion
Polson Logging Co. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 25, 1947No. 11342PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEALY, Circuit Judge.
This case raises the question of the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to acquire land for the purpose of a road intended to service a national forest.
The property consists of a logging road system in the Humptulips River basin in Washington, extending easterly from the Olympic Peninsula highway to the Olympic National Forest. Appellant owns the road and the bulk of the lands in its neighborhood. Between 1918 and 1939 it logged off these lands and now holds them as part of a large reforestation area. It originally built the road as a logging railroad hut removed…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- United States v. MillerSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Olson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Messenger v. AndersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- United States v. Chandler-Dunbar Water Power Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1913
- United States v. North American Transportation & Trading Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1920
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3Cited by24 opinions
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- Jerry Maiatico and Matomic Operating Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1962
- United States v. Dan T. KennedyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1960
- Libby Rod and Gun Club v. John PoteatCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1979
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