Legal Opinion
Leo Sheep Co. v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 2, 1979No. 77-1686PublishedCited by 144 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Rehnquist
This is one of those rare cases evoking episodes in this country’s history that, if not forgotten, are remembered as dry facts and not as adventure. Admittedly the issue is mundane: Whether the Government has an implied easement to build a road across land that was originally granted to the Union Pacific Railroad under the Union Pacific Act of 1862 — a grant that was part of a governmental scheme to subsidize the construction of the transcontinental railroad. But that issue is posed against the backdrop of a fascinating chapter in our history. As this Court noted in another case involving the…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Camfield v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Great Northern Railway Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- United States v. Union Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
- Andrus v. Charlestone Stone Products Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Buford v. HoutzSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
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- Northern Indiana Public Service Company, an Indiana Corporation v. Carbon County Coal Company, a PartnershipCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
- Barahona v. Union Pacific RailroadCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2018
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