Legal Opinion
United States v. 1,606.00 Acres of Land
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided January 18, 1983No. 81-1360PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAM E. DOYLE, Circuit Judge.
The United States here instituted an action in the nature of a condemnation pro*403ceeding in which it sought to subordinate all oil, gas and other mineral rights in four tracts of land with the right of the United States to flood the tracts as necessary for the construction or operation of the Optima Lake project in Texas County, Oklahoma. The estates taken are described in the government’s Declaration of Taking set out below.1 Natural gas was being produced from each of the four tracts on the date of the taking. The appellants also owned the mineral rights to the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Foster v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1979
- Hempstead Warehouse Corp. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1951
- United States v. 3,218.9 Acres of Land, More or Less, Situated in the County of Warren, State of Pennsylvania and Taxasgulf, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1980
- United States v. Francis W. Brinker and Julia T. Brinker, Carlos F. Bingesser and Marjorie L. BingesserCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1969
- United States v. 494.10 Acres of Land in Cowley County, Kansas, Robert L. Wilson, and the Union State Bank, Arkansas City, KansasCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1979
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3Cited by2 opinions
- United States v. 1,606.00 Acres Of LandCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1983
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