United States Ninth Circuit

An award of over $300,000 in compensation for the taking by the U.S. of defendant's unpatented gold-mining claims in Denali National Park and Preserve is affirmed over claims that the district court erred in: 1) determining that he was not entitled to a trial by jury of just compensation for his claims; 2) selecting a valuation method different from those proposed by the parties; and 3) setting the rate of prejudgment interest.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/09/2006
• Decided 04/04/2007
• Published 04/04/2007

Judges

• FARRIS, Circuit Judge:, Before: FARRIS, LEAVY, and RYMER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Lawrence V. Albert, Esq., Anchorage, AK, for the appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Kelly A. Johnson and Katherine W. Hazard, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for the appellee.