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Hearts Bluff Game Ranch, Inc. v. United States.

País/Territorio
Estados Unidos de América
Tipo de la corte
Nacional - corte superior
Fecha
Ene 19, 2012
Fuente
UNEP, InforMEA
Nombre del tribunal
United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
Juez
Newman, Lourie, and Linn.
Número de referencia
2010-5164
Idioma
Inglés
Materia
Cuestiones jurídicas, Tierra y suelos
Palabra clave
Terrenos privados Tenencia de tierras Manejo de tierras Propiedad Derechos de propiedad Bosques privados Propiedad de extranjeros Responsabilidad/indemnización
Resumen
In a suit for just compensation under the Fifth Amendment for an alleged taking based on the Army Corps of Engineers' denial of a landowner's proposal to operate a "mitigation bank" on its property, The Federal Circuit affirmed the Court of Federal Claims' decision dismissing a landowner's claim for just compensation under the Fifth Amendment for an alleged taking based on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' denial of the landowner's proposal to operate a mitigation bank on its property. A mitigation banking instrument is not "an inherent stick in a landowner's bundle" of property rights. The landowner, therefore, was never entitled to operate a mitigation bank solely by virtue of its ownership of the land. The mitigation banking program is run exclusively by the Corps, subject to its pervasive control, and no landowner can develop a mitigation bank absent Corps approval. It is therefore undisputed that the Corps has discretionary authority to deny access to the mitigation bank program. Because the landowner did not possess a legally cognizable Fifth Amendment property interest in a mitigation bank instrument, the lower court properly dismissed the landowner's case.
Texto completo
COU-158100.pdf