Tulare Lake Basin Water Storage District v. United States

ORDER

WIESE, Judge.

Consistent with its decision of December 31, 2003, this court entered judgment on February 12, 2004, in favor of plaintiffs in the amount of $23,771,184.23, an award of just compensation that included an interest component based on the 52-week Treasury bill rate set forth in the Declaration of Taking Act, 40 U.S.C. § 258e-l (2000). Plaintiffs filed a motion for reconsideration of that ruling on March 3, 2004, arguing that the 52-week Treasury bill rate does not provide them with full compensation for the taking of their property as required by the Fifth Amendment of the…