United States v. Causby

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:arguedDate April 29, 1946
May 1, 1946
gptkbp:citation gptkb:328_U.S._256
gptkbp:concurringOpinionBy gptkb:Justice_Felix_Frankfurter
gptkb:Justice_Hugo_Black
gptkbp:date May 27, 1946
gptkbp:decidedBy gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy gptkb:Justice_Robert_H._Jackson
gptkbp:docketNumber 630
gptkbp:event gptkb:Greensboro,_North_Carolina
gptkbp:heldBy Government flights over private property that are so low and frequent as to be a direct and immediate interference with the enjoyment and use of the land constitute a taking under the Fifth Amendment.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label United States v. Causby
gptkbp:impact Defined limits of government use of airspace over private property
gptkbp:legalSubject gptkb:Fifth_Amendment
property law
takings clause
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy gptkb:Justice_William_O._Douglas
gptkbp:petitioner gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:predecessor air rights cases
gptkbp:relatedTo eminent domain
airspace rights
gptkbp:response gptkb:Thomas_Lee_Causby
gptkbp:result Judgment for Causby
gptkbp:subject military aircraft flights over private land
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Court_of_Claims
gptkb:Harlan_F._Stone_(as_Chief_Justice)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6