Adams v. United States

In this case, plaintiffs, owners of 27 tracts of land in the vicinity of Hill Air Force Base, Utah, allege the inverse condemnation by the United States of an avigation easement for the interference with their properties caused by overflights of Air Force aircraft. Trial was held before Trial Judge Browne, who submitted recommended findings of fact and a proposed opinion. The trial judge found that the arrival at Hill AFB of the 388th Tactical Fighter Wing (TFW) during 1976, and the attendant increase in the number and loudness of aircraft operating out of Hill, constituted an additional…