Legal Opinion
W.L. Harris v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 4, 1994No. 93-7204PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff W.L. Harris brought suit in federal district court seeking a declaratory judgment that the Farmers Home Administration (“FmHA”) had unlawfully placed wetland easements on his land and that the property declared by the FmHA to encompass wetlands actually did not. The district court denied relief, 820 F.Supp. 1018. Harris now appeals, and we affirm.
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In 1987, the Grenada Bank of Mississippi foreclosed on 1,893 acres of farmland owned by Harris. The FmHA, which held a junior lien on the property, successfully bid for the property at the subsequent sale…
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