GOOD v. U.S.

No. 97-5138.

189 F.3d 1355 (1999)

Lloyd A. GOOD, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

August 31, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard R. Nageotte, Nageotte, Nageotte & Nageotte, of Stafford, Virginia, argued, for plaintiff-appellant. Of counsel was John G. Roberts, Jr., Hogan & Hartson, of Washington, DC.

Ethan G. Shenkman, Attorney, Appellate Section, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, argued, for defendant-appellee. With him on the brief were Lois J. Schiffer, Assistant Attorney General, Robert L. Klarquist, and Dorothy R. Burakreis, Attorneys.

Glenn P. Sugameli, National Wildlife Federation, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae The National Wildlife Federation. Of counsel on the brief was James B. Dougherty, Washington, DC.

James S. Burling, Pacific Legal Foundation, of Sacramento, California, for amicus curiae Pacific Legal Foundation. With him on the brief was Peter G. Gioia, Pacific Legal Foundation, Stuart, Florida.

John D. Echeverria, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae Florida Audubon Society.

Before NEWMAN, Circuit Judge, SMITH, Senior Circuit Judge, and GAJARSA, Circuit Judge.


EDWARD S. SMITH, Senior Circuit Judge.

This is a regulatory takings case. Lloyd A. Good, Jr. sued the federal government on the basis that it effectively took his property without just compensation when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers denied him permission to dredge and fill on land he owns in the Florida Keys. The U.S. Court of Federal Claims granted summary judgment to the United States. Lloyd A. Good, Jr. v. United States, 39 Fed. Cl. 81 (1997). We affirm...

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