Legal Opinion
Grant v. United States. Lewis v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided November 5, 1951No. 6284, 6285PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PARKER, Chief Judge.
These are appeals from orders dismissing actions instituted under Private Law 176 of the 81st Congress, 1st Session, 63 Stat. 1143, to recover for damage to oyster beds resulting from the dumping of sewage and laundry waste into the tidal waters in which they are situate. The appellants, plaintiffs in the court below, bold leases of oyster lands from the State of North Carolina, 1 upon which they have planted oysters, which they allege have been damaged as a result of the dumping of untreated sewage and laundry waste from Camp Davis at a time when that camp was owned and…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Haskell v. City of New BedfordMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1871
- United States v. Mille Lac Band of Chippewa Indians in Minn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Hampton v. North Carolina Pulp Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1943
- Gregory v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1944
- Payne Butler v. Providence Gas CompanySupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1910
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3Cited by2 opinions
- McGillic v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. North Dakota · 1957
- Massey v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1952