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United States v. Willow River Power Co., 324 U.S. 499 (1945)
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General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
United States v. Willow River Power Co., 324 U.S. 499 (1945)
United States v. Willow River Power Co. No. 312 Argued February 8, 9, 1945 Decided March 26, 1945 324 U.S. 499
CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF CLAIMS
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1. An owner of a dam and hydroelectric plant near the confluence of navigable and nonnavigable streams, and embracing land riparian to the navigable stream, is not entitled under the Fifth Amendment to compensation from the United States for a reduction in the generating capacity of the plant which resulted from an authorized navigation improvement that raised the level of the water of the navigable stream above ordinary high water mark. United States v. Cress, 243 U.S. 316, distinguished. Pp. 504, 506.
2. The resulting damage to the riparian owner in this case did not constitute such a taking of property as is required by the Fifth Amendment to be compensated. P. 510.
101 Ct.Cl. 222 reversed.
Certiorari, 323 U.S. 694, to review a judgment for the plaintiff in a suit against the United States to recover compensation for an alleged taking of property.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," United States v. Willow River Power Co., 324 U.S. 499 (1945) in 324 U.S. 499 324 U.S. 500. Original Sources, accessed November 22, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=PMCGM8KUQAAN5UK.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." United States v. Willow River Power Co., 324 U.S. 499 (1945), in 324 U.S. 499, page 324 U.S. 500. Original Sources. 22 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=PMCGM8KUQAAN5UK.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in United States v. Willow River Power Co., 324 U.S. 499 (1945). cited in 1945, 324 U.S. 499, pp.324 U.S. 500. Original Sources, retrieved 22 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=PMCGM8KUQAAN5UK.
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