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General Box Co. Vs. United States

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  • US Supreme Court
  • May 07, 1956

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  1. Huddleston Vs. Dwyer US Supreme Court · May 15, 1944
  2. Mayor of Vidalia Vs. Mcneely US Supreme Court · Jun 06, 1927
  3. Diaz Vs. Gonzalez US Supreme Court · Feb 19, 1923
  4. General Box Co. v. United
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  5. States - 351 U.S. 159 (1956) U.S. Supreme Court General Box Co. v. United
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  6. States, 351 U.S. 159 (1956) General Box Co. v. United
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  7. We ordinarily accept the determinations of the Courts of Appeals on questions of local law, and we do so here. Ragan v. Merchants
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  8. The Louisiana courts have made no pronouncement which directly controls this question. But see Board of Comm'rs v. Trouille
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  9. Court of Louisiana has, however, as recently as 1946, reviewed the long history of the riparian servitude. Dickson v. Board
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  10. Board of Comm'rs v. Franklin
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  11. Italics omitted). Boyce Cottonseed Oil Mfg. Co. v. Board
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  12. See Wolfe v. Hurley
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  13. Dickson v. Board
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  14. Pruyn v. Nelson
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  15. Mayer v. Board
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  16. Peart v. Meeker
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  17. Cf. Lacour v. Red
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  18. improvement of the levee. It is sufficient if the trees were destroyed in connection with a levee project. Cf. Lacour v. Red
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  19. Petitioner relies on language in Peart v. Meeker
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  20. La.Ann. 421, 426, 12 So. 490, 492, and in Pruyn v. Nelson
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  21. Cf. Eldridge v. Trezevant
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  22. Wolfe v. Hurley
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  23. La. 859, 54 So.2d 125, appeal dismissed, 342 U.S. 844, on authority of Eldridge v. Trezevant
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  24. supra, and Wolfe v. Hurley
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  25. procedure is not without resources for enabling us to found our decision securely on state law. See, e.g., Propper v. Clark
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  26. Constitution, which provides that batture may be taken for levee purposes without compensation. See General Box Co. v. United
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  27. this one, we have deferred to decisions of the lower federal judge on the local law of his own State. See MacGregor v. State
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  28. Huddleston v. Page
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  29. Hillsborough v. Cromwell
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  30. Steele v. General
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  31. Ragan v. Merchants
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  32. Bernhardt v. Polygraphic
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  33. Co., 350 U. S. 198 , 350 U. S. 204 . Judge Dawkins relied on Pruyn v. Nelson
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  34. a case from Puerto Rico, of the special deference due local judges on rulings upon matters under the civil law. Diaz v. Gonzalez
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  35. Private property must give way before it -- but only to extent that the public welfare demands. As stated in Peart v. Meeker
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  36. delay to the United States. The requirement of notice is deeply engrained in our system of jurisprudence. Mullane v. Central
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  37. Covey v. Town
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  38. which notice was not given in time to allow property to be salvaged from the batture. In Board of Levee Commissioners v. Kelly
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  39. days' notice was given to batture dwellers to remove their structures and possessions. And see Board of Commissioners v. Franklin
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  40. Board of Commissioners v. Trouille
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  41. The Court quotes from Dickson v. Board
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  42. U.S. Supreme Court General Box Co. v. United
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  43. Board of Comm'rs v. Trouille
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  44. Boyce Cottonseed Oil Mfg. Co. v. Board
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  45. of Eldridge v. Trezevant
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  46. and Wolfe v. Hurley
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  47. Propper v. Clark
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  48. See General Box Co. v. United
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  49. State. See MacGregor v. State
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  50. Mullane v. Central
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