Banks v. United States

ELR Citation: ELR 20102
No(s). s. 99-4451 et al (Fed. Cl. May 3, 2007)

The Federal Claims Court denied the U.S. government's motion to dismiss property owners' takings claims against it in connection with a U.S. Army Corps of Engineer's project along the shore of Lake Michigan. The owners claimed that the Corps' construction and maintenance of jetties from 1950 to 1989...