Legal Opinion
Skoko v. Andrus
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 9, 1979No. 76-3722PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUNIWAY, Circuit Judge:
There is no merit in this appeal.
Between 1866 and 1870, Congress granted almost 4,000,000 acres of land to the Oregon & California Railroad to promote the construction of a railroad from Portland, Oregon, to the California Border. The granting statutes contained a proviso, “That the lands granted . . . shall be sold to actual settlers only in quantities not greater than one quarter section to one purchaser, and for a price not exceeding two dollars and fifty cents per acre.” Oregon & California Railroad Co. v. United States, 1915, 238 U.S. 393, 403, 35 S.Ct. 908, 913,…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- United States v. DickersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- John K. & Catherine S. Mullen Benevolent Corp. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- City of Los Angeles, a Municipal Corporation v. Brock Adams, as Secretary of Transportation of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1977
- Oregon & California Railroad v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Adaman Mutual Water Company, a Corporation v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1960
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Firebaugh Canal Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2000
- Headwaters, Inc. v. Bureau Of Land ManagementCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1990
- Skoko v. AndrusCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1979
- Central Montana Electric Power Cooperative, Inc. Upper Missouri G & T Electric Cooperative, Inc., Montana Power Company, Petitioner-Intervenor v. Administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration, Central Montana Electric Power Cooperative, Inc. Upper Missouri G & T Electric Cooperative, Inc., Montana Power Company, Intervenor v. Administrator of the Bonneville Power AdministrationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1988
- Firebaugh Canal Co. Central California Irrigation District Sumner Peck Ranch Inc. v. United States of America United States Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation, Firebaugh Canal Co. Central California Irrigation District Sumner Peck Ranch Inc. v. United States of America United States Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation, and Opinion County of Contra Costa Contra Costa Water District Contra Costa County Water Agency Natural Resources Defense Council the Bay Institute, Defendants-IntervenorsappellantsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2000