Legal Opinion
United States v. Union Pacific Railroad Company
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided February 24, 1956No. 5168PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PICKETT, Circuit Judge.
The United States brought this action for a determination of its right to oil and gas, or other minerals, underlying a portion of the Union Pacific right of way in Wyoming, and to restrain the Union Pacific Railroad Company from removing oil and gas from such lands. The single question presented is whether the right of way grant in Section 2 of the Act of July 1, 1862, 12 Stat. 489, 491, conveyed to the predecessor of the Union Pacific such title as to entitle it to develop and take the underlying minerals therefrom. 1 On stipulated facts, the trial court found that the…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Union Pacific Railroad v. Laramie Stock Yards Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Great Northern Railway Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- United States v. Union Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
- Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. TownsendSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Burke v. Southern Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
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3Cited by10 opinions
- United States v. Union Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Union Pacific Railroad v. Santa Fe Pacific Pipelines, Inc.California Court of Appeal · 2014
- Williams v. WattWyoming Supreme Court · 1983
- Western Nuclear, Inc. v. AndrusDistrict Court, D. Wyoming · 1979
- Thomas v. Union Pacific Railroad CompanyDistrict Court, D. Colorado · 1956
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