Department of Transportation and Development of Louisiana v. Beaird-Poulan, Inc

More than half a century ago, this Court observed that “[t]he settled policy of Congress, in authorizing the taking of land and appurtenances, has been to limit the right to compensation to interests in the land taken.” Mitchell v. United States, 267 U. S. 341, 346 (1925). In 1970, however, Congress enacted the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act, wherein it declared its purpose to “establish a uniform policy for the fair and equitable treatment of persons displaced as a result of Federal and federally assisted programs in order that such persons shall not…