Thomas and Tinie Causby bought 2.8 acres of land next to a small airfield near Greensboro, North Carolina, in 1934.
Sources
- How Much of the Sky Overhead Do You Own? (smithsonianmag.com)
- https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-supreme-court/328/256.html (caselaw.findlaw.com)
- https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/104300/united-states-v-causby/ (courtlistener.com)
- https://scholar.smu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3331&context=jalc (scholar.smu.edu)
- https://www.mrod.law/2023/01/20/great-8-number-3-united-states-v-causby/ (mrod.law)
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