Legal Opinion
Harris v. Missouri Conservation Commission
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 8, 1986No. 85-1456PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge.
Billie A. Harris and Brown Harris II1 filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action in the district court2 alleging the Missouri Conservation Commission (Commission) deprived them of property without due process, in violation of the fourteenth amendment, and without just compensation, in violation of the fifth amendment as made applicable to the states through the fourteenth amendment. They allege that the Commission wrongfully classified a lake on their property as state waters, thereby precluding commercial fishing operations, diminishing the value of their land, and coercing…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Hudson v. PalmerSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Parratt v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Collier v. City of SpringdaleCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1984
- D & R Pipeline Construction Co. v. Greene CountyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1982
3Cited by3 opinions
- Abbiss v. Delaware Department of TransportationDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1989
- Mitchell v. Mills County, IowaDistrict Court, S.D. Iowa · 1987
- Brown Harris Ii v. Missouri Conservation CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1986