Case Name: STEFANO SANGUINETTI v. THE UNITED STATES
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1924-02-18
Citations: 59 Ct. Cl. 955
Docket Number: 
Parties: STEFANO SANGUINETTI v. THE UNITED STATES
Judges: 
Reporter: United States Court of Claims Reports
Volume: 59
Pages: 955–956

Head Matter:
STEFANO SANGUINETTI v. THE UNITED STATES
[55 C. Cls. 107; 264 U. S. 146]
Judgment was rendered in the court below in favor of the United States. On appeal the judgment was affirmed, and the Supreme Court decided:
A canal, constructed by the Government to improve navigation, overflowed intermittently, flooding the claimant’s land but not ousting him from his customary user, except for brief periods, or inflicting permanent injury; and it did not appear either Government or its offleers, or that it was attributable directly, in whole or in part, to the improvement, rather, than to natural conditions. Held, that no taking could be implied, and the Un'ted States was not liable ex contractu.

Opinion:
Mr. Justice Sutherland
delivered the opinion of the Supreme Court February 18, 1924.