Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. 635.76 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN FRANKLIN ET AL., COUNTIES, ARKANSAS, and State of Arkansas, et al., and Unknown Owners, Appellants, George Robert Bill Parks, et al., Appellants, McLean Bottom Levee and Drainage District No. 3, Logan County Arkansas, Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1971-10-07
Citations: 447 F.2d 1405
Docket Number: No. 71-1091
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. 635.76 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN FRANKLIN ET AL., COUNTIES, ARKANSAS, and State of Arkansas, et al., and Unknown Owners, Appellants, George Robert Bill Parks, et al., Appellants, McLean Bottom Levee and Drainage District No. 3, Logan County Arkansas, Appellees.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 447
Pages: 1405–1405

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. 635.76 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN FRANKLIN ET AL., COUNTIES, ARKANSAS, and State of Arkansas, et al., and Unknown Owners, Appellants, George Robert Bill Parks, et al., Appellants, McLean Bottom Levee and Drainage District No. 3, Logan County Arkansas, Appellees.
No. 71-1091.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Oct. 7, 1971.
Don A. Smith, Harper, Young & Smith, Fort Smith, Ark., for appellants.
Ray Blair, Paris, Ark., James K. Young, Russellville, Ark., for appellees.
Shiro Kashiwa, Asst. Atty. Gen., Bethel B. Larey, U. S. Atty., Robert E. Johnson, Asst. U. S. Atty., Fort Smith, Ark., Jacques B. Gelin, Dennis M. O’Con-nell, Attys., Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., for the United States.
Before VOGEL, GIBSON and LAY, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The Honorable John E. Miller entered judgment that the McLean Bottom Levee and Drainage District No. 3 acquired a fee simple title by reason of condemnation proceedings in the Arkansas state courts, and that the intervenors have no compensable interest in any of the land in question. The intervenors appealed.
Judgment is affirmed on the basis of Judge Miller's opinion 319 F.Supp. 763, entered on December 2, 1970.