Legal Opinion
United States v. 47.14 Acres of Land
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 1, 1982No. 81-1627PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLOYD R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge.
The United States appeals from an award of $442,000 for appellees in a condemnation case. Because the award is unsupported by the record, our affirmance of the judgment of the district court is conditioned on appel-lees’ agreeing to a remittitur in the amount of $169,934; otherwise, a remand for a new trial is ordered.
I. Background
On December 20, 1978, the United States filed a complaint and a declaration of taking in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa to condemn a tract of land owned by appellee Polich Enterprises, Inc.…
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