BENNETT v. UNITED STATES

Civ. No. 64-270.

266 F.Supp. 627 (1965)

John E. BENNETT, Phillip Abney, Mrs. Gerald L. Cox, Mary B. McBryde, Wynona P. Frost, Frances West, Mrs. Marshall Greenman, Claire P. Hill, Lucile Holmberg, E. C. Mullins, Charles Casey, Doris Johnson, Individually and on behalf of all Residents and Property Owners in Metropolitan Oklahoma City, who have been damaged by the Sonic Boom created by the United States, Plaintiffs, v. The UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court W. D. Oklahoma.

August 20, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arnold B. Britton, Oklahoma City, Okl., for plaintiffs.

B. Andrew Potter, U. S. Atty., and David A. Kline, Asst. U. S. Atty., Oklahoma City, Okl., for defendant.


OPINION

BOHANON, District Judge.

Plaintiffs bring this action against the United States of America for the alleged taking of an avigation easement over their property and allege that the jurisdiction of the Court is based upon 28 U.S.C. § 1346(a) (2), and that none of the claims exceed the sum of $10,000.

Plaintiffs claim that their property has been damaged by sonic booms caused by certain aircraft flights over plaintiffs' property.

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