Jasper v. Sawyer, 11317.
Decision Date | 19 February 1953 |
Docket Number | No. 11317.,11317. |
Citation | 205 F.2d 700,92 US App. DC 94 |
Court | U.S. Court of Appeals — District of Columbia Circuit |
Parties | JASPER v. SAWYER et al. |
Fred W. Smith, Atty., Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., with whom Roger P. Marquis, Atty., Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellees.
Before CLARK, WILBUR K. MILLER, and PROCTOR, Circuit Judges.
Petition for Rehearing in Banc Denied August 18, 1953.
Pursuant to this statutory directive, the Secretary of Commerce selected as a site for the airport a body of land in Fairfax County, Virginia, containing approximately 4,520 acres, and a petition to take the fee simple title thereto for the United States was filed June 13, 1951, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
Jones D. Jasper is the owner of a farm containing approximately 100 acres in Fairfax County, which lies in the general vicinity of the airport site selected by the Secretary but is not included therein. He instituted this action August 23, 1951,2 in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia against Charles Sawyer, then Secretary of Commerce, and J. Howard McGrath, then Attorney General, to enjoin and restrain them from further prosecuting the case in the Eastern District of Virginia; to restrain them from filing any declaration of taking in connection therewith; to restrain Sawyer from requesting McGrath or any other person to file any suit to condemn any land in Virginia within 12,500 feet of Jasper's property for the purpose of constructing and operating thereon the proposed airport; and to restrain and enjoin Sawyer from constructing, maintaining and operating a civil airport within 12,500 feet of his property.
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