GOODRICH v. U.S.

No. 05-5047.

434 F.3d 1329 (2006)

John B. GOODRICH, (doing business as Checkerboard Cattle Co.), Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

January 9, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hertha L. Lund, Budd-Falen Law Offices, LLC, of Cheyenne, Wyoming, argued for plaintiff-appellant. On the brief was Karen Budd-Falen.

Elizabeth Ann Peterson, Attorney, Environment & Natural Resources Division, United States Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for defendant-appellee.

Before MICHEL, Chief Judge, LOURIE and LINN, Circuit Judges.


MICHEL, Chief Judge.

Rancher John B. Goodrich appeals the judgment of the United States Court of Federal Claims dismissing as time barred his claim alleging a Fifth Amendment taking of his water rights on federally-owned grazing land in Montana. Goodrich v. United States, 63 Fed.Cl. 477 (2005). The trial court held that Goodrich failed to file his claim within the six year statute of limitations prescribed by 28 U.S.C. § 2501. Id. at 481. Because...

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