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Chipps v. United States

United States Court of Claims

Decided January 2, 1990No. 431-88 LPublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

RADER, Judge.

Lewis and Mildred Chipps, plaintiff’s deceased parents, owned a 175-acre farm in Livingston County, Kentucky. The Chipps farm borders the Bayou Creek, a tributary of the Ohio River.

In 1978, the United States Corps of Engineers (the Corps) began constructing the Smithland Locks and Dam Project on the Ohio River downstream from the Chipps’ farm. To account for the projected rise in water levels, the Corps sought a flowage easement of nine acres on plaintiff’s land. When the Chipps refused its initial compensation offer, the Corps instituted a condemnation proceeding in…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Scheuer v. RhodesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  2. United States v. KubrickSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. United States v. DickinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
  4. The Japanese War Notes Association of the Philippines, Inc. (Japwancap, Inc.) v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1967
  5. Kirby v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1973

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. McDonald v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 1997
  2. Adams v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 1998
  3. City of Gettysburg v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2005
  4. Mason v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 1993
  5. Applegate v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 1993

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