Legal Opinion
Hero Lands Co. v. United States
United States Court of Claims
Decided January 20, 1983No. 538-79LPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WHITE, Judge.
The plaintiffs sue in this case because the Government allegedly has taken, without just compensation, so-called avigation easements in the airspace above a number of tracts of land which the plaintiffs severally own in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. The action is based on flights by military jet aircraft of the defendant through the airspace above the tracts in question.
As explained later in the opinion, it is concluded that the plaintiffs are not entitled to recover.
The plaintiffs’ lands — designated in the record as tracts numbered 1 through 16 (and sometimes referred…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- United States v. CausbySupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Grace E. Avery v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1964
- Alva A. Aaron v. The United States. Peter Andersen v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1963
- Branning v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1981
- A. J. Hodges Industries, Inc., and Union Producing Company v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1966
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- Thompson v. City and County of DenverColorado Court of Appeals · 1998
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