Legal Opinion
Arkansas Game & Fish Commission v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 4, 2012No. 11-597PublishedCited by 317 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Ginsburg
Periodically from 1993 until 2000, the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) authorized flooding that extended into the peak growing season for timber on forest land owned and managed by petitioner, Arkansas Game and Fish Commission (Commission). Cumulative in effect, the repeated flooding damaged or destroyed more than 18 million board feet of timber and disrupted the ordinary use and enjoyment of the Commission’s property. The Commission sought compensation from the United States pursuant to the Fifth Amendment’s instruction: “[N]or shall private property be taken for public use, without…
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