Legal Opinion
Smith v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided June 3, 1964No. 7628PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BREITENSTEIN, Circuit Judge.
This action was brought by the settlers on an ill-fated federal reclamation project to recover their losses. Recovery is sought by way of mandamus 1 and the Federal Tort Claims Act.2 The trial court sustained a motion to dismiss 3 and this appeal followed.
The plaintiffs-appellants are the members of the Board of Commissioners of the Third Division Irrigation District, Riverton Project, Wyoming, who sue on their own behalf and on behalf of other individuals similarly situated. The defendants-appellees are the United States, Department of Interior, Bureau of…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Marbury v. MadisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1803
- United States v. NeustadtSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Decatur v. PauldingSupreme Court of the United States · 1840
- United States Ex Rel. Riverside Oil Co. v. HitchcockSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Tom D. Hall v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1959
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Albert H. Carter v. Robert Seamans, Jr., as Secretary of the Air ForceCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Rural Electrification Administration v. Northern States Power CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1967
- United States of America and Stewart Udall, Secretary of the Interior of the United States of America v. Jack A. WalkerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1969
- McQueary v. LairdCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1971
- Town of East Haven v. Eastern Airlines, Inc.District Court, D. Connecticut · 1968
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