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INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO. v. U.S.

No. 37.

282 U.S. 399 (1931)

51 S.Ct. 176

75 L.Ed. 410

INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 19, 1931.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John W. Davis, with whom Messrs. William C. Cannon, Montgomery B. Angell, and Porter R. Chandler were on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. Claude R. Branch argued the cause and Solicitor General Thacher, Assistant Attorney General Rugg, and Messrs. Erwin N. Griswold and H. Brian Holland filed a brief, for the United States.

Mr. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a proceeding by the petitioner to recover compensation for property rights in water of the Niagara River alleged to have been taken by the United States for war purposes. The Niagara Falls Power Company by private grant to it, Letters Patent from the State of New York and acts of the Legislature of that State, was the owner so far as the law of New York could...

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