Legal Opinion
Reid v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 16, 1983No. Nos. 81-1112, 81-2613, 81-2850 and 81-2852PublishedCited by 89 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUMMINGS, Chief Judge.
These four consolidated cases present a unified attack alleging that the United States and others are trespassing on land owned by the appellants along the banks of the Ohio River. The alleged trespass has occurred due to the construction and operation by the United States of high-lift navigation dams along the Ohio River. The appellants brought their initial petitions for injunctive relief in Indiana state courts, requesting an injunction directing the United States to lower the river level. The cases were all removed to federal district court, which dismissed the…
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