ELR Citation: ELR 21174
No(s). 97-5145 (Fed. Cir. May 19, 1999)

The court holds that the federal governments' denial of a developer's application for a Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) §404 permit to dredge and fill certain underwater lakebottom property did not constitute a regulatory taking. The developer claimed that the denial resulted in a takin...