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JACKSON v. U.S.

No. 11-671 C.

LILIAN JACKSON, et al., Plaintiffs, v. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Defendant.

United States Court of Federal Claims.

November 20, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Harris, Baker & Harris, Blackfoot, ID, for plaintiffs.

Ty Bair, Natural Resources Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for defendant.

OPINION AND ORDER

LAWRENCE J. BLOCK, Judge.

Justice Sutherland, when faced with the harshness of the predecessor statute of 28 U.S.C. § 1500,1 rejected the enticement of empathy in favor of an interpretation that reflects the meaning of words chosen by Congress:

It is urged . . . that . . . the case is not within the spirit of [the law] properly construed. But the words of the statute are plain, with nothing in...

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