Lhotka v. United States

ELR Citation: ELR 21327
No(s). 96-3299 (8th Cir. May 30, 1997)

The court holds that landowners presented a prima facie case of trespass and nuisance against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) for exceeding the scope of a wetlands easement over their property when FWS constructed a series of dikes that caused flooding. The court first holds that there was ...