Legal Opinion
City of Los Angeles v. Borax Consolidated, Ltd.
District Court, S.D. California
Decided June 24, 1937No. Q-12-CPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COSGRAVE, District Judge.
Action to quiet title to part of Mormon Island in the inner bay of San Pedro brought by the City of Los Angeles against the Pacific Coast Borax Company and another, after judgment in a former trial reversed on appeal. City of Los Angeles v. Borax Consolidated Limited (C.C.A.) 74 F.(2d) 901; Borax Consolidated v. Los Angeles, 296 U.S. 10, 56 S.Ct. 23, 80 L.Ed, 9.
The plane of mean lower low water was first ascertained in 1878 and the position of its datum plane was preserved by bench mark 10.07. All other bench marks in the district are derived from and based upon this.…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Borax Consolidated, Ltd. v. Los AngelesSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- United States v. ParkerSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Haldeman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- City of L.A. v. CohnCalifornia Supreme Court · 1894
- Merritt v. CampbellCalifornia Supreme Court · 1874
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3Cited by4 opinions
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- City of Stockton v. Miles and Sons, Inc.District Court, N.D. California · 1958
- In re HinshawDistrict Court, S.D. California · 1940