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PORT OF PORTLAND v. AN ISLAND IN COLUMBIA RIVER

No. 71-2482.

479 F.2d 549 (1973)

The PORT OF PORTLAND, a municipal corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. AN ISLAND IN the COLUMBIA RIVER et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 19, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfred A. Hampson, of Williams, Montague, Stark, Hiefield & Norville, Portland, Or., for defendants-appellants.

Slade Gorton, Atty. Gen., Theodore O. Torve, Asst. Atty. Gen., Olympia, Or., Robert L. Myers, of Shuler, Rankin, Myers, Walsh & Ragen, Duane Vergeer, of Vergeer, Samuels, Roehr & Sweek, Portland, Or., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CHAMBERS, ELY and WRIGHT, Circuit Judges.

EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:

Sand Island, in the Columbia River, was the object of an action to quiet title which gave rise to this appeal. An Interstate Compact in 1958 between Washington and Oregon placed it within the latter state. We are concerned with its status before that date.

The district court held that the island was within the State of Oregon at all times in question. We find the district court applied the wrong legal standard

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