Legal Opinion
Lombard v. United States
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 23, 2004No. 03-1430PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOUDIN, Chief Judge.
In the early 1960s, the United States acquired for a modest sum an 8.6 acre plot of land in Wellfleet, Massachusetts, as part of the creation of the Cape Cod National Seashore. Remote descendants of a man who owned the property until his death in 1873 now seek to overturn a 1964 state court judgment clearing title in favor of the United States’ predecessor in interest. The federal district court held the state judgment valid and the descendants now appeal.
The complex facts are set forth in three different places: the district court’s original decision resolving the case in…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Mennonite Board of Missions v. AdamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Williams v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Intergen N v. v. GrinaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2003
- Cook v. CookSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
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- Lombard v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
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