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· 3/15/1852

United States v. The Laurel

Citations

  • 26 F. Cas. 873

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • recognizing benefits such as “the increased sense of pride, well-being and security attendant to the right to choose when and how to use, maintain and cherish one’s property or to prohibit its unauthorized use”
  • relying on the Second Restatement for the elements necessary to create a charitable trust
  • taxpayer suit seeking to enjoin Governor from “illegal” transfer of territorial property to private entity in which private entity intervened
  • applying Restatement (Second) of Trusts (1959)

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Judges: Wells

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