Legal Opinion
Francis Skaw v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided July 23, 1984No. Appeal 84-614PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COWEN, Senior Circuit Judge.
This appeal is from a judgment of the United States Claims Court (Claims Court) 1 which granted the government’s motion for summary judgment, dismissed the complaint, and held that the appellants (plaintiffs) were not entitled to recover for a Fifth Amendment taking of their unpatented mining claims. We vacate the judgment of the Claims Court and remand the case to it.
I. Factual Background and Prior Proceedings
Plaintiffs, holders of unpatented mining claims situated in Shoshone County, Idaho, in the vicinity of the upper St. Joe River, from Spruce Tree Campground…
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