Legal Opinion

George L. Morgan, Jr., and Geraldine Morgan v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided February 7, 1966No. 18099_1PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BLACKMUN, Circuit Judge.

We are concerned here with a condemnation commission appointed under Rule 71A(h), Fed.R.Civ.P., and the effect of the Supreme Court’s unanimous opinion in United States v. Merz, 376 U.S. 192, 84 S.Ct. 639, 11 L.Ed.2d 629 (1964).

In May 1962 the United States instituted proceedings for the taking of additional lands for the Dardanelle Lock and Dam Project on the Arkansas River. Included were a fee interest in 270.47 acres and perpetual flowage easements over 15 other acres, all in Johnson County, Arkansas, and owned by the appellants George L. Morgan, Jr., and his wife…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. United States v. HealySupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  2. United States v. MerzSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  3. Sheffield & Birmingham Coal, Iron & Railway Co. v. GordonSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
  4. United States v. Certain Lands in the City of Statesboro, County of Bulloch, State of Georgia, and Mrs. Latrelle AddisonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
  5. United States v. 2,872.88 Acres of LandCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Clarence E. Mills v. United States of America, Ozark Real Estate Company v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1966
  2. Ralph Sykes v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1968
  3. United States v. 403.14 Acres of Land, More or Less, in St. Clair County, State of MissouriCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1977
  4. United States v. BellCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1966
  5. United States v. Homer Hilliard and Alice Hilliard, His WifeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1969

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