Legal Opinion
Phillips v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 13, 1945No. 224PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMONS, Circuit Judge.
The appellants, as separate owners of several parcels of land involved in a proceeding for condemnation by the United States, were awarded compensation for the taking of their property at the rate of $1300 an acre, making allowances for improvements on one of the parcels. They say it is not enough, and jointly appeal.
The lands in question lie in the town of Cheektowaga, Erie County, New York, approximately two miles from the easterly limits of the City of Buffalo. They were originally part of a single farm, the smaller parcel containing three and a fraction acres being…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- United States v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
- United States v. MillerSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Shoemaker v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Boston Chamber of Commerce v. City of BostonSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
- Westchester County Park Commission v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1944
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3Cited by21 opinions
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- W. E. Stephens and Wife, Sunshine Stephens, Owners of Tract No. 5 v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
- United States v. 63.04, Acres of LandCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1957
- United States v. 2,635.04 Acres of Land, More or Less, in Allen & Barren CountiesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1964
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