Legal Opinion
United States v. Willow River Power Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 7, 1945No. 312PublishedCited by 204 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Jackson
The Willow River Power Company has been awarded $25,000 by the Court of Claims as just compensation for impaired efficiency of its hydroelectric plant caused by the action of the United States in raising the water level of the St. Croix River. Reality of damage and reasonableness of the award.are not in issue. Our question is whether the damage is the result of' a “taking” of private property, for which just compensation is required by the Fifth Amendment.
Willow River in its natural state was a non-navigable stream, which flowed to within a few rods of the St. Croix River, turned and roughly…
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