Legal Opinion
Santa Fe Pacific Railroad v. Fall
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 29, 1922No. 108, 109PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
These are two bills in equity brought in respect of different parcels of land but seeking the same kind of relief against the Secretary of the Interior, and raising the same question of law. The facts are simple. Under the land grant to its predecessor, the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad Company, the Santa Fe Pacific Railroad Company was the owner of coal lands in New Mexico. By the Act of April 28, 1904, c. 1810, § 1, 33 Stat. 556, the first named road and its successors “ may, when requested by the Secretary of the Interior so to do, relinquish or deed, as may be proper, to the United States,”…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Payne v. Central Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1921
- Wyoming v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
- Payne v. New MexicoSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
- Santa Fé Pac. R. v. PayneDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1920
3Cited by30 opinions
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- Larson v. Domestic and Foreign Commerce Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Dugan v. RankSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- United States v. Santa Fe Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- State of Washington v. Stewart L. Udall, Secretary of the InteriorCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1969
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