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    This Supreme Court case involved the United States suing Charles A. Williams et al. for flooding of lands. The Court delivered an opinion that this case was substantially similar to a prior case they had just decided. For the same reasons given in that prior case, the Court affirmed the judgment in this case as well.

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    Filed: 1903-01-26 Precedential Status: Precedential Citations: 188 U.S. 485 Docket: 59

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    This Supreme Court case involved the United States suing Charles A. Williams et al. for flooding of lands. The Court delivered an opinion that this case was substantially similar to a prior case they had just decided. For the same reasons given in that prior case, the Court affirmed the judgment in this case as well.

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    188 U.S.

    485
    23 S.Ct. 363
    47 L.Ed. 554

    UNITED STATES
    v.
    CHARLES A. WILLIAMS et al.
    No. 59.
    Argued October 30, 31, 1902.
    Ordered for reargument December 22, 1902.
    Reargued January 9, 1903.
    Decided January 26, 1903.

    Mr. Robert A. Howard, and Solicitor General Richards for United states.
    Messrs. Julian Mitchell, Jr., Henry A. M. Smith, and Julian Mitchell for
    defendants in error.
    Mr. Justice Brewer delivered the opinion of the court:

    This case is in all substantial respects similar to the one just decided [United
    States v. Lynah, 187 U. S. , ante, 349, 23 Sup. Ct. Rep. 349], and for the
    reasons given in the opinion therein the judgment is affirmed.

    For the reason stated in their dissenting opinion in the prior case, the Chief
    Justice, Mr. Justice Harlan and Mr. Justice White dissent also in this case.

    Mr. Justice McKenna took no part in the decision of these cases.

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