BURLISON v. U.S.

No. 06-6369.

533 F.3d 419 (2008)

James I. BURLISON, Rodney L. Waits, and Buford O'Neal Tankersley, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: July 17, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Lane M. McFadden, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. J. Houston Gordon, Law Office of J. Houston Gordon, Covington, Tennessee, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Lane M. McFadden, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. J. Houston Gordon, Law Office of J. Houston Gordon, Covington, Tennessee, for Appellees.

Before: BATCHELDER, MOORE, and COLE, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

KAREN NELSON MOORE, Circuit Judge.

This case concerns an appeal by the United States from a district-court decision holding that landowners in Tennessee possess an easement over a field-access road that traverses the Lower Hatchie National Wildlife Refuge. The landowners ("Plaintiffs-Appellees") sought to quiet title to the access road pursuant to the Quiet Title Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2409a, and the...

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