Legal Opinion
Welty v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided June 14, 2019No. 2018-1558PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mayer, Circuit Judge.
Russell B. Welty, Sharon A. Stanley, and Linda K. Fulton (collectively, "the Landowners") appeal the judgment of the United States Court of Federal Claims dismissing their complaint alleging that the United States took their property without just compensation by requiring or approving the construction and maintenance of a levee on a farm adjacent to their property. See *1322 Welty v. United States , 135 Fed. Cl. 538 , 550-51 (2017) (" Welty I "). We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
The Landowners inherited a farm ("the Welty Farm") as joint tenants with the right of survivorship when their…
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