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PATTERSON v. BUFFALO NAT. RIVER

No. 95-2394.

76 F.3d 221 (1996)

Jerry D. PATTERSON and Mary Lou Patterson, Appellants, v. BUFFALO NATIONAL RIVER, a Part of the Department of the Interior, an Agency of the United States of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided February 12, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas A. Martin, Jasper, Arkansas, argued, for appellant.

Deborah J. Groom, Asst. U.S. Attorney, Fort Smith, Arkansas, argued, for appellee.

Before BEAM and MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judges, and ALSOP, District Judge.

MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

Jerry and Mary Lou Patterson appeal the district court's order granting summary judgment to the Buffalo National River ("BNR"). We reverse.

I.

Between 1939 and 1976, the Hall family owned a 159.49-acre tract of land in northern Arkansas. In 1976, they conveyed the north 79.49 acres of the tract to the United States, and that acreage was incorporated into the Buffalo National River (BNR) project. The deed also...

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