Legal Opinion
Pascoag Reservoir & Dam, LLC v. Rhode Island
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided August 20, 2002No. C.A. 01-505LPublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
LAGUEUX, Senior District Judge.
This lawsuit is the latest chapter in a contentious dispute between the State of Rhode Island (“State”) through the Department of Environmental Management (“DEM”) and Pascoag Reservoir & Dam, LLC (“Pascoag”). Plaintiff, Pascoag, claims that the State has engaged in a taking of its property, and that the United States and Rhode Island Constitutions mandate that compensation be paid to it for that property. 1 The taking of property, Pascoag alleges, was the acquisition of a portion of the Reservoir bottom by adverse possession and the acquisition…
2Cases cited67 opinions
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3Cited by17 opinions
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