Legal Opinion
Baskett v. United States
United States Court of Claims
Decided May 10, 1985No. Nos. 161-78, 340-78, 317-79L, 311-80L and 616-80LPublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LYDON, Judge:
In these five consolidated cases,1 some 95 owners of some 135 tracts of land adjacent to and/or on tributaries of the Ohio River originally sued to recover damages which they allege they have incurred and are continuing to incur as a result of activities relating to the construction and operation of some 7 high-lift dams by the United States Army Corps of Engineers (Corps).2 The issues presented in plaintiffs’ petitions (complaints) are identical to those raised by 23 different owners of land adjacent to the Ohio River in Loesch v. United States, 227 Ct.Cl. 34, 645 F.2d…
2Cases cited36 opinions
- United States v. DickinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- United States v. Chandler-Dunbar Water Power Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1913
- United States v. CressSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
- United States v. Virginia Electric & Power Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1961
- United States v. Willow River Power Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1945
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3Cited by24 opinions
- McDonald v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 1997
- Laughlin v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1990
- Begay v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1987
- Northwest Louisiana Fish & Game Preserve Commission v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2009
- Herriman v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1985
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