Legal Opinion
Marvin M. Brandt Revocable Trust v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 10, 2014No. 12-1173PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Roberts
*95In the mid-19th century, Congress began granting private railroad companies rights of way over public lands to encourage the settlement and development of the West. Many of those same public lands were later conveyed by the Government to homesteaders and other settlers, with the lands continuing to be subject to the railroads' rights of way. The settlers and their successors remained, but many of the railroads did not. This case presents the question of what happens to a railroad's right of way granted under a particular statute-the General Railroad Right-of-Way Act of 1875-when the railroad…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Great Northern Railway Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- United States v. Union Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
- Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. TownsendSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
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