Barnes v. State

— Appeal from an order of the Court of Claims, entered October 11, 1977, which directed the State to make available for copying by claimants, a real estate appraisal report utilized by the Department of Transportation to obtain reimbursement from the Federal Government. The State appropriated a portion of claimants’ property on September 13, 1973, for which taking claimants commenced suits against the State in the Court of Claims on March 31, 1975. Claimants sought production of a prior appraisal which they contend was used by the State to obtain reimbursement from the Federal Highway…