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Alabama Vs. Schmidt

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jan 26, 1914

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  1. Union Pacific R. Co. Vs. Snow US Supreme Court · Dec 01, 1913
  2. Cooper Vs. Roberts US Supreme Court · Jan 01, 1855
  3. Northern Pacific Ry. Co. Vs. Townsend US Supreme Court · May 04, 1903
  4. Conley Vs. Ballinger US Supreme Court · Jan 31, 1910
  5. U.S. 168 (1914) U.S. Supreme Court Alabama v. Schmidt
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  6. U.S. 168 (1914) Alabama v. Schmidt
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  7. is honorary, and the power of the state where legal title has been vested in it is plenary and exclusive. Cooper v. Roberts
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  8. to lands conveyed to the state absolutely by the United States although for the use of schools. Nor. Pac. Railway Co. v. Townsend
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  9. enabling act. The state has the right to subject such lands in its hands to the ordinary incidents of title. Cooper v. Roberts
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  10. of the state's legal control. The argument for the plaintiff in error relies mainly upon Northern Pacific Ry. Co. v. Townsend
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  11. has been met for some similar cases elsewhere by the Act of June 24, 1912, c. 181, 37 Stat. 138. Union Pacific R. Co. v. Laramie
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  12. and it was held that the State of Michigan could sell its school lands without the consent of Congress. Cooper v. Roberts
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  13. or involves a breach of trust, supposing that such positions are open to the state to take. American Emigrant Co. v. Adams
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  14. Spokane & British Columbia Ry. Co. v. Washington
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  15. Northern Ry. Co., 219 U. S. 166 . The gift to the state is absolute, although, no doubt, as said in Cooper v. Roberts
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  16. But that Page 232 U. S. 174 obligation is honorary, like the one discussed in Conley v. Ballinger
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  17. of a fund, as in that case -- a course, we believe, that has not been uncommon among the states. See further Stuart v. Easton
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  18. U. S. 383 , 170 U. S. 394 . Some reliance was placed upon Vincennes University v. Indiana
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  19. been made to a private corporation, of which the rights could not be impaired by the state. The result of Cooper v. Roberts
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  20. the ordinary incidents of other titles in the state, and that the judgment must be affirmed. Northern Pacific Ry. Co. v. Ely
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  21. U.S. Supreme Court Alabama v. Schmidt
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  22. Nor. Pac. Railway Co. v. Townsend
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  23. Union Pacific R. Co. v. Laramie
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  24. of Congress. Cooper v. Roberts
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  25. American Emigrant Co. v. Adams
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  26. Vincennes University v. Indiana
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  27. of Cooper v. Roberts
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  28. Northern Pacific Ry. Co. v. Ely
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  29. Stuart v. Easton
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