Supreme Court Justices Appear Sympathetic To Arguments in Flooded Properly Case

摘要

U.S. Supreme Court justices appeared sympathetic during oral arguments Oct. 3 to a property owner's claim that damage resulting from federal government flood-management control actions requires compensation under the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution (Arkansas Game and Fish Commission v. United States, U.S., No. 11-597, oral arguments 10/3/12). The case involves a claim by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission that flood-control actions by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers destroyed trees being grown for harvest in a 23,000 acre state wildlife preserve 115 miles downstream from a dam built by the corps. The state is seeking $5.7 million in compensation.