Legal Opinion
Burkey v. United States
United States Court of Claims
Decided March 19, 1992No. 90-3965LPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BRUGGINK, Judge.
This is an action brought pursuant to the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The plaintiff, Mrs. Doris Burkey, contends that actions of the Bureau of Reclamation (“Bureau”) connected with the construction of Ridgeway Dam, in Ouray County, Colorado, resulted in a taking of the value of minerals held under a mineral reservation clause. After trial, and for the reasons expressed herein, the court concludes that Mrs. Burkey is not entitled to compensation.
FACTS
a. The ranch
The property in question, now inundated, consists of 300 acres of what was once ranch…
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