Rapid City v. Baron

MILLER, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment in a condemnation action wherein the defendants-respondents (Barons) were awarded the sum of $91,791.

Every South Dakotan and most Americans will recall the devastating flood which hit Rapid City on the night of June 9-10, 1972, in which over 240 persons lost their lives and hundreds of homes and business places were destroyed or otherwise damaged. Because of that catastrophe the city entered into a federally funded urban renewal program to acquire by condemnation the flood plain of Rapid Creek as it traverses the city, in an attempt to…