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SOUTHERN PACIFIC LAND COMPANY v. UNITED STATES

No. 19882.

367 F.2d 161 (1966)

SOUTHERN PACIFIC LAND COMPANY, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied November 18, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Galen McKnight, Fresno, Cal., Roy Jerome, Harold S. Lentz, San Francisco, Cal., Stammer, McKnight, Barnum, Bailey & Barnett, Fresno, Cal., for appellant.

Edwin L. Weisl, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Roger P. Marquis, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Manuel L. Real, U. S. Atty., Richard J. Dauber, Asst. U. S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., for appellee.

Before HAMLEY, BROWNING and DUNIWAY, Circuit Judges.

BROWNING, Circuit Judge:

The United States seeks to condemn the fee simple title to 17,750 acres of land, including the mineral interests, for the construction of a naval air station near Lemoore, California. The Southern Pacific Land Company, owning 4,600 of these acres, contends that the mineral interests in the property cannot be taken. The Company argues that property may be taken only for a public purpose; that the only public purpose involved was the construction...

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