United States v. Sponenbarger

Respondent sued the United States under the Tucker Act, 1 alleging that the Mississippi Flood Control Act of 1928 2 and construction contemplated by that Act involved an “intentional, additional, occasional flooding, damaging and destroying” of her land located in Desha County, Arkansas. She maintained that her property had thus been taken for a public use for which the Government. is required to pay just compensation by the Fifth Amendment. 3 In addition, she asserted a statutory right of recovery under the Act itself. After full hearing, judgment for the Government was entered in the…