2,606.84 Acres of Land v. United States

ELR Citation: ELR 20155
No(s). 1316 (U.S. Apr 19, 1971)

Petition for certiorari denied without opinion. Justices Douglas and Black, in dissent, express concern that in preparing for the construction of the Benbrook Dam and Reservoir Project, authorized by Congress in 1945, the Army Corps of Engineers has exceeded its statutory authority by taking petitio...