LANGENEGGER v. UNITED STATES

Appeal No. 84-1420.

756 F.2d 1565 (1985)

Fred E. LANGENEGGER, Steven W. Langenegger, et al., Appellants, v. The UNITED STATES, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

March 12, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael B. Sheppard, Leva, Hawes, Symington & Martin, Washington, D.C., argued for appellants.

James T. Draude, Washington, D.C., Dept. of Justice, argued for appellee. With him on the brief were F. Henry Habicht, II, Asst. Atty. Gen. and David C. Shilton, Washington, D.C.

Before RICH, Circuit Judge, NICHOLS, Senior Circuit Judge, and NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.


NICHOLS, Senior Circuit Judge.

This case, an appeal from a grant of summary judgment and dismissal of a complaint, primarily presents a novel, narrow issue: whether the United States is responsible under the Just Compensation Clause of the Fifth Amendment for the expropriation of a United States citizen's property in a foreign land when the taking was mandated by a foreign sovereign's legislation passed at the prompting...

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