Legal Opinion
Wolfsen Land & Cattle Co v. Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided September 21, 2012No. 2011-5113PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*1313Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge CLEVENGER.
Concurring opinion filed by Circuit Judge REYNA.
CLEVENGER, Circuit Judge.
This is a takings case arising from the government’s releases of water from a dam in central California. Downstream property owners sued in the Court of Federal Claims, alleging that the releases unlawfully impaired their property rights in the water and inundated their land.
The government had released the water in accordance with a consent order entered by a district court and expressly approved by Congress. The consent order was the result of environmental…
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