Gasser v. United States

OPINION

BRUGGINK, Judge.

This is a suit for compensation based upon the fifth amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Plaintiffs, owners of property interests in Baja California, Mexico, allege that the construction and operation of Hoover Dam and Glen Canyon Dam in the United States resulted in a substantially reduced flow of water in the Colorado River, causing the development of a sediment blockage below their properties. They allege that the river has either directly overflowed their land, or caused elevated groundwater conditions, resulting in the taking of a permanent flowage…