James Chongris v. Hugh A. Corrigan

409 U.S. 919

93 S.Ct. 218

34 L.Ed.2d 181

James CHONGRIS et al.

v.

Hugh A. CORRIGAN et al.

No. 71-1532.

Supreme Court of the United States

October 16, 1972

On petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Ohio.

The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.

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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, 66 S.Ct. 1062, 90 L.Ed. 1206. We held that 'the flight of airplanes, which skim the surface but do not touch it, is as much an…