land-grant

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25-64 Iron Bar Holdings, LLC v. Bradly H. Cape, et al. Tenth Circuit 2025-07-18 Denied Amici (3) corner-crossing eminent-domain land-grant preemption property-rights trespass Whether the Unlawful Inclosures Act implicitly preempts private landowners' state-law property right to exclude in an area covering millions of acres …
23-1041 Flying Crown Subdivision Addition No. 1 and Addition No. 2 Property Owners Association v. Alaska Railroad Corporation Ninth Circuit 2024-03-20 Denied Amici (1) 1871-land-grants alaska-railroad alaska-railroad-act easement exclusive-use-easement land-grant property-law property-rights railroad-rights-of-way statutory-interpretation When interpreting railroad rights-of-way granted by federal statutes, courts look to the condition of the country when the statutes were enacted, as w…