Legal Opinion

United States v. The Meadow Brook Club

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided December 15, 1958No. 24691_1PublishedCited by 59 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CLARK, Chief Judge.

This appeal by a property owner in a condemnation proceeding questions the adequacy of the compensation awarded by the court for land taken by the United States. The central issue concerns the alleged failure of the trial court to evaluate the property for industrial rather than residential use. The property in question consists of an interior tract of 48.8 acres of land without frontage on any major street located adjacent to Mitchel Air Force Base in the Town of Hempstead on Long Island. Originally it was part of the grounds of the Meadow Brook Club, which for many years…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. United States v. MillerSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
  2. Olson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
  3. Monongahela Navigation Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
  4. United States Ex Rel. Tennessee Valley Authority v. PowelsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
  5. United States v. DowSupreme Court of the United States · 1958

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3Cited by59 opinions

  1. United States v. 320.0 Acres of Land, More or Less in the County of Monroe, State of Florida,and Salvatore R. CicconeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
  2. Barnes v. North Carolina State Highway CommissionSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1959
  3. Stanley Works v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1986
  4. Symington v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1986
  5. Drakes Bay Land Company, a Corporation v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1970

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