Legal Opinion
Avenal v. United States
United States Court of Federal Claims
Decided August 2, 1995No. 94-261LPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MILLER, Judge.
This case is before the court after argument on defendant’s motion for summary judgment. The issue is whether plaintiffs, who lease certain water-bottoms in the Breton Sound Basin, Louisiana, for oyster farming, hold a compensable property interest for purposes of the Fifth Amendment.
FACTS
The following facts are undisputed, except where noted. On October 27, 1965, Congress enacted the “Public Works-Rivers and Harbors Act,” Pub.L. No. 89-298, 79 Stat. 1073 (1965) (the “Act”), which authorized certain freshwater diversion structures to be built in and around the Breton…
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3Cited by13 opinions
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