Legal Opinion
Vogt v. Board of Commissioners
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 14, 2002No. 01-30728PublishedCited by 101 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:
In 1984, the Louisiana legislature passed an act ordering the Orleans Levee District to return land it had expropriated in 1924 to build a spillway. The levee district’s board of commissioners, however, stalled the return of the property and have until this day fought not to repay mineral royalties that belong to the landowners. In this litigation, the levee district persuaded the district court to dismiss the landowners’ constitutional takings claim. We reverse. The district is not immune under the Eleventh Amendment, and the landowners’ pleadings state a…
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