Legal Opinion
United States v. 320.0 Acres of Land, More or Less in the County of Monroe, State of Florida,and Salvatore R. Ciccone
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 31, 1979No. 76-2775PublishedCited by 189 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:
The Just Compensation Clause of the Fifth Amendment, which provides that private property shall not be taken without just compensation, is one of the most basic constitutional guarantees that the rights of the individual will not be unfairly sacrificed in the pursuit of the common weal. In this eminent domain case, appellant landowners claim that this constitutional guarantee has been breached, that because of numerous substantive and procedural errors in the proceedings below they have not been adequately and justly compensated for the loss of their properties…
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