Legal Opinion
Skaw v. United States
United States Court of Claims
Decided July 30, 1987No. 79-79LPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HARKINS, Senior Judge:
Plaintiffs, who collectively represent the ownership interests in 15 unpatented placer mining claims in the St. Joe National Forest, Idaho, filed a petition in the Court of Claims on March 5,1979, that alleged inclusion of the St. Joe River on November 10, 1978, by Section 708 of Pub.L. No. 95-625 (codified at 16 U.S.C. § 1274(a)(23) (1982)) as a component of the national wild and scenic rivers system effected a taking of property rights secured under the mining laws. Plaintiffs sought $10 million as just compensation.
Disposition of plaintiffs’ claims has been…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- United States v. GrimaudSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Best v. Humboldt Placer Mining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1963
- United States v. ColemanSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Cameron v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1920
- Cole v. RalphSupreme Court of the United States · 1920
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3Cited by7 opinions
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- United States v. Billy Joe Bagwell Cynthia BagwellCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1992
- Holden v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 1997
- Vane Minerals (Us), LLC v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2014
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