United States v. 194.08 Acres of Land

EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:

Daniel and Juanita Wiltz (the “Wiltzes”) appeal the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the United States. The district court invalidated the conveyance of a deer hunting servitude from a previous owner to the Wiltzes because the government had already condemned the property that the servitude burdened and held that the government had the authority to condemn the servitude. We affirm.

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This appeal arises out of the United States’ attempts to acquire land for the Atchafalaya Basin Floodway System in Louisiana (the “Project”). Congressional…