Legal Opinion
Andrus v. Idaho
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 16, 1980No. 79-260PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice White
The Carey Act of 1894, ch. 301, § 4, 28 Stat. 422, 43 U. S. C. § 641, “to aid public-land States” in the reclamation of desert lands, authorizes the Secretary of the Interior upon proper application “to contract and agree, from time to time . . . binding the United States to donate, grant, and patent” such desert lands, not exceeding a specified acreage, as the State should cause to be irrigated, reclaimed, and occupied, provided, however, that the lands would be restored to the public domain if reclamation had not begun and plans were not carried out within stated time limits. Originally,…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Udall v. TallmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Cameron v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1920
- Andrus v. Charlestone Stone Products Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Idaho Irrigation Co. v. GoodingSupreme Court of the United States · 1924
- Idaho ex rel. Andrus v. KleppeDistrict Court, D. Idaho · 1976
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Aberdeen-Springfield Canal Co. v. PeiperIdaho Supreme Court · 1999
- Cape Fox Corp. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1983
- Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 2010
- Alaska Miners v. AndrusCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
- John L. Faulkner, Laura Jo Faulkner, R. Fred Faulkner, and Susan L. Faulkner v. James G. Watt, Secretary of the InteriorCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
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