Legal Opinion
Pitman v. United States
United States Court of Claims
Decided April 14, 1972No. 212-70PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCoweN, Chief Judge
Plaintiff 'brought this action pursuant to the Fifth Amendment and the Tucker Act to recover just compensation for the taking of 4 acres of beachfront property in Brevard County, Florida, which plaintiff acquired in 1956.
Plaintiff claims that the damage suffered by him resulted from the construction and operation of the Canaveral -Harbor Project. The project was designed to provide a deepwater harbor on the east coast of Florida in Brevard County, immediately south of Cape Kennedy, formerly Cape Canaveral, and was authorized by Congress in the Eivers and Harbors Act, 59 Stat. 10, 16 (1945).…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- United States v. Appalachian Electric Power Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- United States v. CressSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
- Yearsley v. W. A. Ross Construction Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
- United States v. Twin City Power Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
- South Carolina v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
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3Cited by22 opinions
- William Eugene Owen, as of the Estate of Caroline Pearson Payne v. The United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1988
- Barnes v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1976
- Don Applegate and Gayle Applegate (For Themselves and a Class of Others Similarly Situated, Totalling 271) v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1994
- Allan C. Miller and Betty G. Miller v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1978
- Bowey v. WestCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2000
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