Hugo Black

“ It was this station, which under the authority of Congress, [2] the Navy Department enlarged and improved. In order to provide suitable waters for the operation of large seaplanes, the Navy, acting in conjunction with the War Department, 30 Stat. 1121, 1151-1155, 33 U.S.C.A. §§ 403, 404, 406-409, 410-416, 418, 502, dredged Willoughby Bay to a depth of 10 to 15 feet below mean low water. Additional lands, adjacent to the base, were bought or condemned by the government, on both the east and west sides of Mason Creek. ”

“ Nor does a riparian owner acquire a unique private right distinct from that held by all others, to have access to and enjoyment of navigable waters and to recover compensation from the government because deprived of that privilege by an authorized governmental change in a stream. ”

“ The Circuit Court held that the dredging in Willoughby Bay was, but the deposit in Mason Creek was not, related to commerce or navigation. We cannot agree. The 'fact that purposes other than navigation will also be served could not invalidate the exercise of the authority conferred, even if those other purposes would not alone have justified an exercise of Congressional Power.' State of Arizona v. ”

“ City of Philadelphia, 3 Wall. 713, 724, 725, 18 L.Ed. 96.↑ Gibson v. United States, 166 U.S. 269, 17 S.Ct. 578, 41 L.Ed. 996; Scranton v. Wheeler, supra.↑ United States v. Chandler-Dunbar Water Power Co., supra, 229 U.S. 62-67, 33 S.Ct. 671, 672, 57 L.Ed. 1063; State of Pennsylvania v. Wheeling & Belmont Bridge Co., 18 How. 421, 15 L.Ed. 435.↑ Union Bridge Co. v. United States, 204 U.S. 364, 377, 388, 27 S.Ct. 367, 370, 375, 51 L.Ed. 523; Greenleaf-Johnson Lumber Co. v. ”