Casitas Municipal Water District v. United States

ELR Citation: 41 ELR 20361
No(s). 05–168L (Fed. Cl. Dec 5, 2011)

The Federal Claims Court dismissed a water district's claim that certain operating restrictions on a water project imposed by the National Marine Fisheries Service under the ESA to protect endangered steelhead trout is a physical taking entitling it to compensation under the Fifth Amendment. The res...