Legal Opinion

Cristina Investment Corp. v. United States

United States Court of Federal Claims

Decided February 25, 1998No. 95-128LPublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

MEROW, Judge.

Plaintiffs Cristina Investment Corp. and Cris Realms, Inc., claim that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (“Corps”) selection of an alignment for a government levee effectively proscribed the development of their wetland property, and therefore gave rise to a taking of that property under the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution entitling them to $2,156,000.00 in just compensation. A different alignment for a private levee which would have enabled development had been proposed by Bayou des Families Development Corp. (“BDF”), which owned similarly situated wetland…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Williamson County Regional Planning Commission v. Hamilton Bank of Johnson CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  2. Soriano v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  3. MacDonald, Sommer & Frates v. Yolo CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  4. United States v. DickinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Ware v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2003
  2. Walcek v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2001
  3. Holloway v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2004
  4. Devon Energy Corp. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 1999
  5. Tommaseo v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2008

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