Legal Opinion
Jacques J. Creppel, Harold L. Molaison, Lloyd James Drachenberg and Marrero Land & Improvement Association, Limited v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided November 18, 1994No. 94-5070PublishedCited by 174 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RADER, Circuit Judge.
Landowners in Louisiana sued the United States Government for blocking a local land reclamation project. The United States Court of Federal Claims held that the statute of limitations bars their takings claims. Creppel v. United States, 30 Fed.Cl. 323 (1994). Because the statute of limitations bars the temporary but not the permanent taking claim, this court affirms in part and reverses in part.
BACKGROUND
The claimants own swamp and marshland in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. This land floods during the wet season. To control these floods, the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps)…
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