United States v. 125.07 Acres of Land, More or Less, Etc., Julia G. Hall, Defendants-Landowners

BREYER, Circuit Judge.

This is the second appeal arising out of the efforts of a federal commission to value, for condemnation purposes, a tract of land in Truro. The tract, which is to become part of the Cape Cod National Seashore, was valued as if it were to be used for residential subdivision — its highest and best use. See Olson v. United States, 292 U.S. 246, 255, 54 S.Ct. 704, 708, 78 L.Ed. 1236 (1934); United States v. 320.0 Acres of Land, 605 F.2d 762, 781 (5th Cir.1979). We affirmed that valuation in the first appeal, United States v. 125.07 Acres of Land, 667 F.2d 243 (1st Cir.1981),…