Legal Opinion
J.R. Cooper v. The United States
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided September 2, 1987No. 87-1190PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BISSELL, Circuit Judge.
J.R. Cooper appeals from the judgment of the United States Claims Court, 11 Cl.Ct. 471 (1987), dismissing Cooper’s complaint against the United States for compensation for the destruction of timber located on his property. We reverse and remand.
BACKGROUND
During 1979, construction on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway blocked the east fork of the Tombigbee River adjacent to the Cooper farm in Itawamba County, Mississippi. The blockage caused unusual flooding of a two hundred acre section of bottom land of the Cooper farm. The United States Army Corps of Engineers attempted…
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