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UNITED STATES v. O'DONNELL

No. 487.

303 U.S. 501 (1938)

UNITED STATES v. O'DONNELL ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 28, 1938.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Assistant Attorney General McFarland, with whom Solicitor General Reed, Assistant Solicitor General Bell, and Messrs. C.W. Leaphart, Oscar Provost and Philip Buettner were on the brief, for the United States.

Messrs. William Stanley and James E. Kelby, with whom Mr. Gordon Lawson was on the brief, for respondents.

MR. JUSTICE STONE delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case involves the validity of the title of the United States to a part of Mare Island in San Francisco Bay, which was reserved for public purposes by Presidential Proclamation in 1850, was selected by the Secretary as a navy yard pursuant to Act of Congress, was reserved for that purpose by Presidential Order in 1853, and since 1854 has been so used.

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