Legal Opinion

United States v. William v. Haddon

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided March 2, 1977No. 76-1371PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.

The United States brought this action to quiet title to two tracts of land in Nantucket, amounting to some 25 acres, which it had acquired through condemnation proceedings commenced in 1948. Appellants claimed title to the land by virtue of two instruments executed by the Treasurer of the Town of Nantucket in March, 1965, assigning to them a tax title which the Town believed it had acquired four weeks earlier. The district court granted the United States’ motion for summary judgment, and defendants appealed.

On February 10, 1948 the United States filed a…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. United States v. SherwoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
  2. Catlin v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
  3. Schroeder v. City of New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
  4. United States v. DowSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
  5. Norman Lumber Company v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1955

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Loesch v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1981
  2. Arthur J. Fulcher, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1980
  3. United States v. 125.2 Acres of LandCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1984
  4. Norton v. Town of Long IslandSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2005
  5. Arthur J. Fulcher, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1979

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