United States Third Circuit
US v. 6.45 Acres of Land, 03-2305
The district court's award of compensation for the Government's taking of land is reversed where it impermissibly failed to apply the "unit rule" of valuation and, consequently, improperly determined the fair market value of the condemned land.
Appellate Information
- Argued 06/30/2004
- Decided 04/29/2005
- Published 04/29/2005
Judges
- Before: AMBRO, ALDISERT and STAPLETON, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Third Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Thomas L. Sansonetti, Assistant Attorney General, Todd S. Aagaard, Esquire (Argued), Robert Oakley, Esquire, Marc Gordon, Esquire, United States Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division, Washington, DC, for Appellant.
- For Appellees:
- Lawrence R. Wieder, Esquire (Argued), David E. Lehman, Esquire, NcNees, Wallace & Nurick, Harrisburg, PA, John C. Goodchild, III, Esquire (Argued), Catherine E. Gillespie, Esquire, Marisel Acosta, Esquire, Timothy D. Mygatt, Esquire, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Philadelphia, PA, Irwin W. Aronson, Esquire, Willig, Williams & Davidson, Harrisburg, PA, for Appellees.