Grant M. Acton v. United States v. W. Clifton v. United States

VON DER HEYDT, District Judge.

This action was originated by the United States, appellee herein, in condemnation of certain property interests under Title 40 U.S.C. Section 257, and Title 10, U.S.C. Section 2663. The appeal is taken from the District Court’s summary judgment entered November 3, 1966, declaring that the cancellation by the United States of appellants’ revocable uranium prospecting permits was not a taking of property under the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States for which the United States must compensate appellants.

The facts are these:

The Congress, seeking…