Legal Opinion
Pascoag Reservoir & Dam, LLC v. Rhode Island
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 28, 2003No. 02-2179, 02-2233PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.
Rhode Island, through its Department of Environmental Management, acquired an area of land in the Pascoag Reservoir (“Reservoir” or “Lake”) by adverse possession and obtained a prescriptive easement on behalf of the public to use the Reservoir for recreational activities. In this inverse condemnation suit, 1 Pascoag Reservoir & Dam, LLC (“Pascoag”), the Reservoir’s owner, seeks compensation for that acquisition.
The district court dismissed the case for failure to state a claim. Pascoag Reservoir & Dam, LLC v. Rhode Island, 217 F.Supp.2d 206, 229 (D.R.I.2002) (hereinaf…
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