ELR Citation: ELR 20910
No(s). 130-80L (Ct. Cl. Aug 19, 1981)

Reversing the trial division's grant of summary judgment, the Court of Claims rules that the Army Corps of Engineers' denial of a permit to construct a pier on a private island may constitute a taking under the Fifth Amendment. Plaintiff, owner of a 160-acre island in the Florida Keys, sought a dred...