Bistline v. United States

Plaintiffs brought this action to recover damages of $195,000 for the alleged inverse condemnation of 6.4 acres of lakefront property owned by them on Lake Pend Oreille in Northern Idaho. Plaintiffs claim that the construction and operation of the Albeni Falls Dam Project (hereafter the project) by the Corps of Engineers have caused their property to wash away or erode since they purchased it in *2831970, some 18 years after the project was put in operation. Specifically they assert that the taking of their property was effected in January of 1972 and June of 1974 by the operation of the…