Beggerly v. United States

ELR Citation: ELR 20161
No(s). 95-60625 (5th Cir. Jul 28, 1997)

The court holds that a consent judgment under which the United States acquired title to Horn Island in the Gulf of Mexico is null and void. Plaintiff-appellants had contracted to sell a portion of the island to the United States, which sought it as part of a proposed national park. The United States...