CREPPEL v. UNITED STATES

No. 94-5070.

41 F.3d 627 (1994)

Jacques J. CREPPEL, Harold L. Molaison, Lloyd James Drachenberg and Marrero Land & Improvement Association, Limited, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The UNITED STATES, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

November 18, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David C. Loeb, Molaison, Price & Loeb, LLP, Metairie, LA, argued, for plaintiffs-appellants. With him on the brief was Harold E. Molaison.

Jacques B. Gelin, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, argued, for defendant-appellee. With him on the brief were Lois J. Schiffer, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Environment & Nat. Res. Div., John A. Bryson and Marc A. Smith, Attys. Also on the brief were Elizabeth A. Griffin, New Orleans District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans, LA and Patrick Rankin, U.S. E.P.A. Region 6, Dallas, TX, of counsel.

Before RICH, NEWMAN and RADER, Circuit Judges.


RADER, Circuit Judge.

Landowners in Louisiana sued the United States Government for blocking a local land reclamation project. The United States Court of Federal Claims held that the statute of limitations bars their takings claims. Creppel v. United States, 30 Fed.Cl. 323 (1994). Because the statute of limitations bars the temporary but not the permanent taking claim, this court affirms in part and reverses in part.

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