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BedRoc Limited v. United States (view source)
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In '''''BedRoc Limited v. United States''''', 541 U.S. 176 (2004), the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] held in favor of private property rights and against a claim by the [[federal]] government that sand and gravel on the property were "valuable minerals" reserved to the [[United States]] in land grants issued under the [[Pittman Act]].
Chief Justice [[William Rehnquist]] wrote the 6-3 opinion for the Court, although only three justices joined his opinion. Justices [[Clarence Thomas]] and [[Stephen Breyer]] concurred.
Justice [[John Paul Stevens]] wrote a dissent, joined by Justices [[Ruth Bader Ginsburg]] and [[David Souter]], that was notable for its reliance on foreign law. They invoked the views of a foreign supreme court justice in order to depart from the plain meaning of a [[United States]] law.
==External Links==
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[[category:United States Supreme Court Cases]]