Legal Opinion
United States v. 428.02 Acres of Land
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 3, 1982No. 81-2243PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HANSON, Senior District Judge.
This is a condemnation case in which the United States appeals one aspect of the judgment entered pursuant to the jury’s verdict fixing the amount of just compensation for the taking of three parcels of property in Newton County, Arkansas. The award challenged on appeal is $110,000 for subterranean cave rights. The government’s main contention is that the trial judge1 abused his discretion in permitting valuation testimony by an appraiser based primarily upon an executory sales contract which the landowners entered into after passage of the legislation defining…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- United States v. MillerSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- United States v. ReynoldsSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- United States v. 320.0 Acres of Land, More or Less in the County of Monroe, State of Florida,and Salvatore R. CicconeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- United States v. Becktold Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1942
- United States v. CERTAIN PARCELS OF LAND, ETC.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1944
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- City of Phoenix v. ClaussCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1994
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- United States v. 158.24 Acres Of Land, More Or Less, Situated In Ashley, Bradley And Union Counties, State Of ArkansasCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1982
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