There are conferred upon any individual, his heirs, legal representatives, or assigns, any firm or corporation, its successors or assigns, or any State, political subdivision, or municipality authorized in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter to build a bridge between two or more States, all such rights and powers to enter upon lands and acquire, condemn, occupy, possess, and use real estate and other property in the respective States needed for the location, construction, operation, and maintenance of such bridge and its approaches, as are possessed by railroad corporations for railroad purposes or by bridge corporations for bridge purposes in the State in which such real estate or other property is situated, upon making just compensation therefor to be ascertained and paid according to the laws of such State, and the proceedings therefor shall be the same as in the condemnation or expropriation of property for public purposes in such State.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
3
cases (
1 in the last 5 years), 1980–2025 · leading case:
Fruin-Colnon Corp. v. Vogt, 500 F. Supp. 606 (S.D. Ill. 1980).
Fruin-Colnon Corp. v. Vogt, 500 F. Supp. 606 (S.D. Ill. 1980).
· cites it 2× “33 U.S.C. § 532 (1979). The apparent express mandate of this provision is that state *612 eminent domain laws should apply to the case at hand.”
Fruin Colnon Corp. v. Vogt, 541 F. Supp. 1264 (S.D. Ill. 1982).
· cites it 4× “und in that order that (1) the federal navigational servitude did apply even though the project was under state direction; (2) the bridge building activities were not within its scope because plaintiff had not demonstrated by a preponderance of the evidence that the project…”
WBI Energy Transmission, Inc. v. 189.9 rods in Twsp. 149, 132 F.4th 1058 (8th Cir. 2025).
“See 33 U.S.C. § 532 . Another part of the Natural Gas Act even leaves it to a regulatory agency “to determine the maximum consideration permitted as just compensation,” subject, of course, to the minimum constitutional requirements.”
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