Legal Opinion
Lost Tree Village Corp. v. United States
United States Court of Federal Claims
Decided August 19, 2011No. 08-117LPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER1
LETTOW, Judge.
This post-trial decision concerns an alleged taking by the government of property for public use without providing just compensation to the property owner. Plaintiff, Lost Tree Village Corporation (“Lost Tree”) sought a wetlands fill permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (“Corps”) for a 4.99 acre tract of land (“Plat 57”) bordering a cove on the Indian River in east central Florida. Lost Tree claims that the denial of that permit eliminated all economically viable use of Plat 57 and constituted a taking in contravention of the Takings Clause of the Fifth…
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