Legal Opinion
Florida Rock Industries, Inc. v. United States
United States Court of Claims
Decided May 6, 1985No. 266-82LPublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KOZINSKI, Chief Judge.
This case presents the question of whether denial of a dredge and fill permit by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers pursuant to section 404 of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1344 (1982), constitutes a taking of plaintiff’s property, where the property can be put to no viable economic use without such a permit.
Background
On September 21, 1972, plaintiff bought about two and a half square miles (1560 acres) of unimproved wetlands in Dade County, Florida, several miles inland from the city of Miami. Plaintiff’s property is situated above a limestone formation that is…
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3Cited by16 opinions
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