James Chongris v. Hugh A. Corrigan

In 1946, this Court articulated the standard to be applied in testing flight patterns over private property against the Just Compensation Clause of the Fifth Amendment. United States v. Causby, 328 U. S. 256. We held that “the flight of airplanes, which skim the surface but do not touch it, is as much an appropriation of the use of the land as a more conventional entry upon it.” We noted that the important factor is whether the intrusion impinges on “the owner’s full enjoyment of the property and ... his exploitation of it.” Id., at 264-265. And, in 1962, we reiterated that standard. Griggs…