Legal Opinion
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority v. Precision Small Engines
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided June 19, 2000No. 99-1117PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published per curiam opinion.
OPINION
2Per curiam
Precision Small Engines, Inc. (“Precision”) appeals the district court’s holding, in a one-day bench trial, that a disputed mezzanine constructed by Precision was, for “taking” purposes, a fixture, rightfully *226compensated to the owners of the property and not the tenant, Precision. The district court held that, at the time of the condemnation by Appellee Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (“WMATA”), the mezzanine was affixed to the property in question and, as a factual matter, was a part of the realty for which the landlord received…
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