Legal Opinion
Ure v. United States
District Court, D. Oregon
Decided March 13, 1950No. 3669 to 3853, 3861 to 3865, 38.71, 3855, 3870PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES ALGER FEE, Chief Judge.
The present opinion concerns the responsibility of the United States to one hundred ninety-three landowners, served by the Owyhee Canal, based on two different type claims arising because of the breaking of the canal, which was under government control. The first class relates to damages on account of the failure to deliver water because of the break, whereby crops were lost. The second class relates to direct trespass of the water upon lands as a result of the break. These cases were consolidated for the purpose of pretrial conference and of taking evidence as to…
2Cases cited45 opinions
- Hay v. . the Cohoes CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1849
- Losee v. . BuchananNew York Court of Appeals · 1873
- Sullivan v. . DunhamNew York Court of Appeals · 1900
- Jacoby v. City of GilletteWyoming Supreme Court · 1946
- Cahill v. EastmanSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1872
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3Cited by14 opinions
- United States v. UreCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1955
- Guy F. Atkinson Co. v. Merritt, Chapman, & Scott Corp.District Court, N.D. California · 1954
- Koos v. RothOregon Supreme Court · 1982
- Brown, Adm'x v. GesslerOregon Supreme Court · 1951
- Clark v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Oregon · 1952
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