Legal Opinion
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority v. One Parcel of Land in Fairfax County
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided January 2, 1986No. 85-1200PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MURNAGHAN Circuit Judge:
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A case in condemnation centers on the proper valuation of a piece of property in Fairfax County, Virginia which was taken by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (“WMATA”) for construction of a rapid rail transit system (“Metro”) and related facilities, including a station. Prior to WMATA’s condemnation of the land on May 31, 1984 it had obtained from the owners (“the owners”) a right of entry onto the land dated June 15, 1982 in order to facilitate its construction of a station on an adjacent piece of property which WMATA had already purchased.1 For a…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- United States v. MillerSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- United States v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1959
- United States v. Five Parcels of Land in Harris County, TexasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1950
- Bibb County, Georgia v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957
- United States v. Certain Space in Rand McNally BuildingCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1961
3Cited by1 opinion
- Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority v. One Parcel Of Land In Fairfax County, VirginiaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1986