UNITED STATES v. CERTAIN PARCELS OF LAND

No. 13204.

131 F.Supp. 65 (1955)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. CERTAIN PARCELS OF LAND, etc.; Outer Harbor Dock & Wharf Company; Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Inc.; City of Los Angeles et al., Defendants.

United States District Court S. D. California, Central Division.

May 3, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laughlin E. Waters, U. S. Atty., Joseph F. McPherson, Sp. Asst. to Atty. Gen., Richard A. Levine, Asst. U. S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff

L. A. Gibbons, Jerry H. Powell, Douglas C. Gregg, A. Andrew Hauk, Sheldon C. Houts, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant Outer Harbor Dock & Wharf Co.

O'Melveny & Myers, Paul Fussell, Pierce Works, William W. Alsup, Bennett W. Priest, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.

Roger Arnebergh, City Atty., Arthur W. Nordstrom, Asst. City Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant City of Los Angeles.


MATHES, District Judge.

This is an action by the United States to condemn a leasehold in several parcels of land located at Los Angeles harbor. See United States v. Land, D.C.S.D.Cal. 1954, 15 F.R.D. 224. Jurisdiction is invoked under 28 U.S.C. § 1358. [See Id. § 1345.] The ultimate question to be decided is whether the Government is bound to pay compensation for certain improvements affixed to the land being condemned.

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