Legal Opinion
United States v. City of Bellevue, Nebraska
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 1, 1973No. 72-1003PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Per curiam
The case before us is unique. Neither diligence of counsel nor our independent research had disclosed a case on all fours. What we have presented is an attempt by the City of Bellevue, Nebraska, to annex a SAC (Strategic Air Command) base, indeed, its headquarters, and its adjacent housing area, referred to in the record as the “Capehart housing area.”
The Offutt Air Base was described in the opinion of the District Court (permanently enjoining the annexation) 1 as “the headquarters of the Strategic Air Command, to which is assigned the overwhelming majority of the nuclear deter-rant power of…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Evans v. CornmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Howard v. Commissioners of Sinking Fund of LouisvilleSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Offutt Housing Co. v. County of SarpySupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Jackson v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Earl Manning v. Margaret L. JonesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1965
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Mobil Oil Corporation v. Local Boundary CommissionAlaska Supreme Court · 1974
- Sanitary & Improvement District 57 v. City of ElkhornNebraska Supreme Court · 1995
- In re the Ordinance of Annexation No. 1977-4Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1978
- United States v. James H. McGeeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1983
- Hansford v. District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1993
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