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17-712
In the
Supreme Court of the United States
Petitioners,
v.
Respondent.
A
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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TABLE OF CONTENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i
Table of Contents
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B. The Decisions by the Fifth and Sixth
Circuits Do Not Adequately Answer
the Question . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
CONCLUSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
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Cited Authorities
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Kirby Forest Industries, Inc. v. United States,
467 U.S. 1 (1984) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Stern v. Marshall,
564 U.S. 462 (2011) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6, 9
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Cited Authorities
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TrinCo Investment Co. v. United States,
722 F.3d 1375 (Fed. Cir. 2013) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS
STATUTES
28 U.S.C. § 1491 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3, 11
35 U.S.C. § 261 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
OTHER SOURCES
Br i e f for t he Fe de r a l R e sp onde nt , O i l
States Energy Services LLC v. Greene’s
Energy Group, LLC, No. 16–712 (U.S.) . . . . . . . . . . 13
Cited Authorities
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Compensation Jurisdiction to the Court
of Federal Claims is Unconstitutional,
60 Villanova L. Rev. 83 (2015) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . passim
A. T h e G o o d m a n A r t i c l e D e t a i l e d t h e
Constitutional Problem with an Article I Court
Adjudicating a Fifth Amendment Claim for
Just Compensation
2. https://www.cato.org/blog/does-seventh-amendment-
mean-what-it-says.
3. https://w w w.forbes.com/sites/georgeleef/2017/12/22/
if-the-feds-grab-your-land-why-cant-you-get-a-jury-trial-on-
compensation/.
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CONCLUSION
Respectfully submitted,
Wesley Higbie Matthew J. Dowd
Higbie Law Office Counsel of Record
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mjdowd@dowdpllc.com
Counsel for Amici Curiae
January 22, 2018