Legal Opinion
Commissioners of Highways v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided July 7, 1981No. Nos. 80-2168, 80-2190PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAUER, Circuit Judge.
During the 1890’s the United States exercised eminent domain over lands held by the Commissioners of Highways of several Illinois towns to obtain land to construct the Illinois-Mississippi Canal.1 The condemnations were authorized by the River and Harbor Act. The condemnation decrees awarded the Commissioners $1.00 and required the United States to construct and forever maintain bridges across the Canal for use as public highways.
The United States opened the. Canal and 74 highway bridges in 1907. As early as 1938, the Government considered abandoning the Canal because it…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- United States v. United States Gypsum Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Hunter v. City of PittsburghSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
- United States v. SeckingerSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- City of Trenton v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- United States v. County of AlleghenySupreme Court of the United States · 1944
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3Cited by5 opinions
- The Commissioners of Highways of the Towns of Annawan, and Cross-Appellees v. United States of America, Cross Third-Party and Cross-Appellants v. Daniel Walker, Individually, and as Governor of the State of Illinois, Cross-Defendants and v. The State of Illinois, Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1981
- Illinois v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1989
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- In Re Haida Corporation, Debtor. Jim Edenso v. Haida CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1993