Case Name: THE UNITED STATES, PETITIONER, v. GRAND RIVER DAM AUTHORITY
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1960
Citations: 150 Ct. Cl. 881
Docket Number: No. 226-56
Parties: THE UNITED STATES, PETITIONER, v. GRAND RIVER DAM AUTHORITY
Judges: 
Reporter: United States Court of Claims Reports
Volume: 150
Pages: 881–881

Head Matter:
THE UNITED STATES, PETITIONER, v. GRAND RIVER DAM AUTHORITY
No. 226-56
[146 Ct. Cl. 728; 363 U.S. 229; 364 U.S. 855]

Opinion:
On writ of certiorari (361 U.S. 922) to review the action of the United States Court of Claims in holding that plaintiff was entitled to recover just compensation for the taking of its water rights and its franchise resulting from the Government's construction of a dam on a nonnavigable tributary of a navigable river, the Supreme Court reversed, holding that under the Commerce Clause of the Constitution the United States had the superior right to build the dam to protect the navigable capacity of the Arkansas River and that the frustration of plaintiff's plans and expectations was not a taking within the meaning of the Fifth Amendment. Rehearing was denied by the Supreme Court, 364 U.S. 855.