Legal Opinion
Atlantic Coast Line R. Co. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 13, 1943No. 10423PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.
A narrow peninsula about ten miles long extends southwardly from the City of Tampa, Florida, between Tampa Bay and Hillsboro Bay. At its southwestern corner is Port Tampa, a town of 1100 inhabitants, which is reached by a paved highway and the tracks of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company, and there the railroad tracks stop, and the depots and terminals of the railroad are. Beyond these, and extending continuously some four miles across the south end of the peninsula is a strip of land of 986 acres which is still in a state of nature, mostly low and marshy, unused,…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Olson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Monongahela Navigation Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Seaboard Air Line Railway Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Sharp v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- McCandless v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
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3Cited by64 opinions
- United States v. 320.0 Acres of Land, More or Less in the County of Monroe, State of Florida,and Salvatore R. CicconeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- University Computing Co. v. Lykes-Youngstown Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- United States v. 25.406 ACRES OF LAND, ETC.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1949
- International Paper Company v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
- United States v. J. Cyril Johnson and Ray T. LindsayCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1961
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