Opinion ID: 1433776
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: The State Suit

Text: While the certiorari petition was pending in 1994, Dickerson's then-coplaintiff, William Bocast (who is not a party to this suit), asked the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) to inspect the new road. The Corps found that the road lay in federal wetlands. It wrote the Williamses in January 1995 that building the road had violated federal law and that any further work on the road would require permits. Dickerson sent a copy of the letter to the Borough's attorney, Allan Tesche, concluding that it was impossible to improve the new road so as to enable Dickerson to subdivide her land. Tesche replied that the need for a permit does not necessarily preclude ... construction altogether; you simply should comply with federal permitting requirements.... Dickerson did not seek a permit. She sued, seeking, inter alia, damages and an order nullifying the vacation of the lower 100' of the public easement.