4/23/25 – Yesterday, the law firm McGehee, Chang, Feiler – the law firm representing downstream plaintiffs in the Addicks-Barker Reservoirs litigation – announced that Judge Loren A. Smith ruled in favor of plaintiffs in their “takings” case against the Army Corps of Engineers.
Takings Clause of Fifth Amendment
“Takings” refers to the Fifth Amendment of the US Constitution. One of its clauses mandates that private property cannot be taken for public use without “just compensation.”