ELR Citation: ELR 21477
No(s). 90-1151 (Fed. Cir. Jul 12, 1991)

The court holds that the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area Act does not provide a waiver of sovereign immunity to authorize a multimillion dollar claim in U.S. district court against the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture for the alleged taking of a lumber company's water rights. After passage of...