Legal Opinion
United States v. State of New York
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 19, 1947No. 121, Docket 20401PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLARK, Circuit Judge.
In this appeal the State of New York attacks the condemnation by the United States for a period beyond the war emergency of certain interests in lands forming part of the State’s forest preserve in the Adirondacks. The Secretary of War in 1942 determined that it was necessary to construct a railroad over these and adjoining privately-owned lands to transport strategic materials mined in the area to an existing terminus of the Delaware and Hudson Railroad. Accordingly the United States, acting under the Second War Powers Act of 1942, § 201, 50 U.S.C.A. § 171a, filed a…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Shoemaker v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- United States v. CarmackSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Rindge Co. v. County of Los AngelesSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- United States v. Gettysburg Electric Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Joslin Manufacturing Co. v. City of ProvidenceSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Road Review League, Town of Bedford v. BoydDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1967
- United States v. 58.16 Acres of Land, More or Less, Situated in Clinton County, State of Illinois, and George Cooley, and Unknown OwnersCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1973
- United States v. Certain Parcels of Land in City of PhiladelphiaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1954
- United States v. 0.35 of an Acre of Land, More or Less, Situated in Westchester CountyDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1988
- United States v. Louise MischkeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1961
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