FLEMING v. UNITED STATES

No. 403-61.

352 F.2d 533 (1965)

George F. FLEMING, Herman R. Guerrero, Josefa S. Guerrero, Herman Kintol, Pedro Lifoifoi, Ramon Matsunaga, Juan Sn. Pangelinan, Joaquin G. Sablan, and Manuel S. Villagomez v. The UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Claims.

November 12, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul M. Rhodes, Washington, D. C., attorney of record, for plaintiffs. Finton J. Phelan, Jr., Agana, Guam, of counsel.

Bruno A. Ristau, Washington, D. C., with whom was Asst. Atty. Gen. John W. Douglas, for defendant.

Before COWEN, Chief Judge, and LARAMORE, DURFEE, DAVIS and COLLINS, Judges.


DURFEE, Judge.

Plaintiffs, citizens and permanent residents of Saipan, Mariana Islands, allege in this action that the United States Government has taken their property, i. e., trochus1 shells, without just compensation in violation of the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution. Plaintiffs, therefore, claim compensation for the alleged taking.2

The Island of Saipan is a part of the Trust Territory of the...

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