Legal Opinion
MacDonald v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 8, 1941No. 9624PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEALY, Circuit Judge.
The United States prevailed below in a suit to enjoin the Great Northern Railway Company from drilling for or removing oil, gas and minerals underlying its right of way, except pursuant to the provisions of the act of May 21, 1930, 46 Stat. 373, 30 U.S.C.A. § 301 et seq., which authorizes leases for such purpose.
The Great Northern extends westerly from Minnesota to Puget Sound. It has numerous branch lines. In 1891 its predecessor, the Saint Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railroad Company, pursuant to the General Right of Way Act of March 3, 1875, 18 Stat. 482, 43 U.S.C.A.…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Noble v. Union River Logging RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. TownsendSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Buttz v. Northern Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Northern Pacific Railway Company v. SoderbergSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
- United States v. Denver & Rio Grande Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1893
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Great Northern Railway Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Atlantis Development Corporation, Ltd. v. United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- The Wilderness Society v. Rogers C. B. Morton, Secretary of the InteriorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1973
- Clark v. Sandusky Appeal of De RoseCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1953
- Hartley Pen Co. v. Lindy Pen Co.District Court, S.D. California · 1954
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