ELR Citation: ELR 20193
No(s). 309-72 (Ct. Cl. Oct 22, 1975)

Under the federal government's navigation servitude, compensation need not be paid to a lessee for minerals below the mean high watermark of Florida's Lake Okeechobee that have been used by the Corps of Engineers to construct a flood control levee. Plaintiff's mineral-drilling lease applies to all m...