Legal Opinion
Best v. Humboldt Placer Mining Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 14, 1963No. 52PublishedCited by 199 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Douglas
The United States sued in the District Court to condemn certain property needed for the construction of the Trinity River Dam and Reservoir in California, 1 to obtain immediate possession of it, and to secure title to it, the complaint asking that the United States be allowed to reserve authority to have the validity of mining claims determined in administrative proceedings before the Bureau of Land Management of the Department of the Interior. The District Court allowed the United States a writ of possession; but no other issues in the action have been determined. See 185 F. Supp. 290.
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2Cases cited12 opinions
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Abilene Cotton Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Thompson v. Magnolia Petroleum Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
- United States v. DowSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Thompson v. Texas Mexican Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Cameron v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1920
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3Cited by199 opinions
- Boddie v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- United States v. LockeSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Western Mining Council v. WattCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
- Arizona v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Western Mining Council v. WattCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
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