Legal Opinion
United States v. 2,872.88 Acres of Land
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 5, 1962No. Nos. 19344, 19345PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TUTTLE, Chief Judge.
These appeals by the United States from District Court judgments approving valuation awards of condemnation commissioners present the question whwher the reports of the commissioners were sufficiently detailed as to findings of fact, and in giving the basis on which they were bottomed to permit adequate review by the district court, and thereafter by this Court.
These condemnation suits are a part of a program of land acquisition for the Walter F. George Lock and Dam project on the Chattahoochee River in Georgia and Alabama. The three series of tracts involved are all…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- United States v. Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific R.Supreme Court of the United States · 1935
- United States v. FornessCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1942
- Baetjer v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1944
- International Paper Company v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
- United States v. Leavell & Ponder, Inc., and Morgan Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Ralph Sykes v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1968
- George L. Morgan, Jr., and Geraldine Morgan v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1966
- Surfside of Brevard, Inc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- United States v. 2,872.88 Acres of Land, More or Less, Situate in Clay and Quitman Counties, State of Georgia, and Frank Humber, and Unknown Owners, United States of America v. 1,361.09 Acres of Land, More of Less, Situate in Clay County, State Ofgeorgia, and Carolyn Gavin Gibson, and Unknown OwnersCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
- United States v. 205.03 Acres of LandDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1966
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