Legal Opinion
United States v. 84.4 Acres of Land
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided July 14, 1965No. 14854PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FORMAN, Circuit Judge.
This is a condemnation suit in which the appellee (United States) has exercised the power of eminent domain in *118taking the appellants’ (Sheldons’) private property for the Allegheny River Reservoir Project, and for the construction of the Kinzua Dam.
The Sheldons, at the time of the taking, were the owners of a tract of land comprising approximately 84.4 acres located in the scenic Allegheny Mountains. When the Sheldons acquired the property they found it heavily wooded, but about 65 acres of the tract were subsequently cleared of timber and rocks and a nine hole public…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Anderson-Tully Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1951
- United States v. 84.4 Acres of LandDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1963
3Cited by10 opinions
- United States v. 60.14 Acres of Land, More or Less, Situate in Warren and McKean Counties, State of Pennsylvania, and Arthur W. SeibelCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1966
- United States v. Ruel Frank Brown, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- Commonwealth v. Massachusetts Turnpike AuthorityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
- Montana Power Company v. WolfeMontana Supreme Court · 1976
- United States v. 67.59 Acres of Land, more or less, Situate in Huntingdon CountyDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1978
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