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PER CURIAM: In this eminent domain case, Appellant Mariner’s Cove Townhomes Association appeals the district court’s grant of judgment on the pleadings for the United States. The district court held that the Association was not entitled to just compensation for the diminution of its assess *542 ment

538 F.Supp.2d 995 (2008) The UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. 1.04 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, SITUATE IN CAMERON COUNTY, State of TEXAS; and Eloisa G. Tamez, et al., Defendants. Civil Action No. B-08-044. United States District Court, S.D. Texas, Brownsville Division. March 7, 2008. *997 Charles Wendlandt, Jr., U.S. Atto

MEMORANDUM OPINION NORMAN K. MOON, District Judge. This matter is before the Court upon several pretrial motions filed by the parties. The Court’s opinion dated April 25, 2011, 844 F.Supp.2d 668, 2011 WL 1566015 (E.D.Va.2011), disposed of five of those motions (docket nos. 136-37, 139, 141^42). The parties’ arguments on the remaining motions were heard on May 13, 2011. This memorandum opinion sets forth

MEMORANDUM OPINION NORMAN K. MOON, District Judge. This matter is before the Court upon several pretrial motions filed by Plaintiff and Defendant on March 21, 2011 (docket nos. 130-37, 139-42). Briefing has been completed, and five motions (docket nos. 136, 137, 139, 141, 142) were heard on April 18, 2011. A jury trial is set for May 18-20, 2011. This memorandum opinion sets forth the Court’s r

USCA4 Appeal: 21-1352 Doc: 53 Filed: 06/01/2022 Pg: 1 of 48 PUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 21-1352 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff – Appellee, v. 8.929 ACRES OF LAND IN ARLINGTON COUNTY, VIRGINIA; ARLINGTON COUNTY, VIRGIN

MEMORANDUM OPINION NORMAN K. MOON, District Judge. This matter is before the Court upon a Report and Recommendation (“R & R”) in which United States Magistrate Judge B. Waugh Crigler recommends entry of an order finding that 515 Granby, LLC (“Granby”) and Marathon Development Group, Inc. (“Marathon”) (collectively, “Defendants”) are entitled to an award of attorney’s fees, costs, and other

MEMORANDUM-DECISION . AND ORDER NORMAN A. MORDUE, Chief Judge: Three motions are pending in this condemnation case concerning property owned by defendant Amexx Warehouse Company, Inc., d/b/a Duty Free Americas, Inc.1 Defendant moves (Dkt. No. 42) to preclude the testimony of E. Anthony Ca-sale, the Government’s expert witness. The Government moves (Dkt. No. 43) to exclude the valuat

459 F.2d 185 UNITED STATES of America, Appellee,v.79.95 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, Situate IN ROGERS COUNTY,STATE OF OKLAHOMA, and June Collins, et al., andUnknown Owners and InternationalEquipment Leasing Corp., Appellant. Nos. 71-1484 to 71-1491, 71-1773, 71-1776. United States Court of Appeals,Tenth Circuit. April 24, 1972.Rehearing Denied Ju

BARRETT, Circuit Judge. This is a consolidated action arising out of condemnation proceedings brought by the United States relating to several tracts of land in Rogers and No-wata counties, Oklahoma. On July 23, 1969, the United States filed several declarations of taking and complaints in connection with the Oologah Lake Project on the Verdigris River. The interests taken include the working and royalty interests in oil and

*768 JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge: The Just Compensation Clause of the Fifth Amendment, which provides that private property shall not be taken without just compensation, is one of the most basic constitutional guarantees that the rights of the individual will not be unfairly sacrificed in the pursuit of th

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER: NOEL, District Judge. This case involves a taking of land by the United States for the Wallisville Reservoir Project, which is dedicated in part to the improvement of navigation. The tract in controversy comprises almost 9,000 acres on the Trinity River, beginning approximately two and one-half miles from its mouth and extending about twelve miles upstream. Used for agriculture many

MEMORANDUM ROBERT L. TAYLOR, District Judge. This is an action for review of a condemnation award pursuant to Rules 71A(h) and 53(e)(2) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. A Commission appointed by the Court under Rule 71A(h) viewed the property and heard four days of proof on the question of just compensation. In a report filed on November 21,1975, the Commission found that the landowners suffere

MEMORANDUM OPINION CHRISTOPHER R. COOPER, United States District Judge The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, known by all as “Amtrak,” can take “interests in property” by eminent domain where those interests are “necessary for intercity rail passenger transportation.” 49 U.S.C. § 24311(a)(1)(A). Relying on this authority, Amtrak filed suit in July

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION GORDON, Senior District Judge. This condemnation proceeding concerns the acquisition of land by the United States under its power of eminent domain for the Congaree Swamp National Monument, a unit of the National Park System established by Congress in the Act of October 18, 1976, Pub.L. No. 94-545, 90 Stat. 2517. The tract now at issue, comprising some 14,770.65 acres of the tota

ALLRED, District Judge. The great “Falcon Dam and Reservoir,” constructed on the Rio Grande River by the United States and Mexico, inundated a toll bridge belonging to Guerrero-Zapata Bridge Company (hereinafter called Bridge Company). The question1 here is whether the Bridge *151Company is entitled to compensation for the value of the pro

629 F.Supp.2d 1264 (2009) UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. 40 ACRES OF REAL PROPERTY, MORE OR LESS, etc., Defendant. Civil Action No. 08-0117-WS-C. United States District Court, S.D. Alabama, Southern Division. June 26, 2009. *1266 Alex F. Lankford, IV, U.S. Attorney's Office, Mobile, AL, for Plaintiff. AME

HALL, District Judge. Several pumice placer mining claims in each of the above cases were consolidated for trial and were tried together, without a jury. The claims involved in Case No. 3472-JWC are all located in T.23-S, R.40-E, MDB&M, and are known as the “Brown Group.” The claims of that group, concerning which evidence was offered and admitted as to the value and title, are “Tired Boy,” a 160 acre

BRIGHT, Circuit Judge. On these appeals, we are asked to overturn jury awards in land condemnations which exceed estimates of damages submitted by qualified land appraisers but which are less than evaluations of loss as testified by owners. The United States, as condemnor, appeals separately from two judgments entered in eminent domain proceedings relating to land taken for the Oahe Dam and Reservoir on the

GEWIN, Circuit Judge: Trailblazing to the moon has made it necessary for the United States, exercising its power of eminent domain, to acquire large tracts of land here on earth. One such acquisition included 654.43 acres owned by appellant Colton, who received as just compensation for the taking an award fixed by a jury in the Un

NEVILLE, District Judge. This eminent domain proceeding, commenced January 20, 1966 presents a fact *85situation characterized by the landowners’ counsel as unique if not in fact sui generis. Such seems to be true, at least to the extent that neither counsel have been able to furnish the court with any prior decisions or authorities involving similar facts. The issue,