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DONNELLY v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA REDEVEL. LAND AGENCY

Nos. 14820, 15028.

269 F.2d 546 (1959)

Olga Forsberg DONNELLY, Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA REDEVELOPMENT LAND AGENCY et al., Appellees. Olga Forsberg DONNELLY, Petitioner, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA REDEVELOPMENT LAND AGENCY and the Honorable Matthew F. McGuire, Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 19, 1959.

Petition for Rehearing Denied September 11, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Horace J. Donnelly, Jr., Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Warren W. Grimes, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant in No. 14,820.

Mr. S. Billingsley Hill, Attorney, Department of Justice, with whom Messrs. Oliver Gasch, U. S. Atty., Edward P. Troxell, Principal Asst. U. S. Atty., John F. Doyle, Asst. U. S. Atty., Roger P. Marquis, Attorney, Department of Justice, George F. Riseling, General Counsel, District of Columbia Redevelopment Land Agency, and James A. Brown, Deputy General Counsel, District of Columbia Redevelopment Land Agency, were on the brief, for appellees in No. 14,820.

Messrs. Horace J. Donnelly, Jr., and Warren W. Grimes, Washington, D. C., were on the pleadings for petitioner in No. 15,028.

Messrs. S. Billingsley Hill, and Roger P. Marquis, Attorneys, Department of Justice, were on the opposition for respondents in No. 15,028.

Before WASHINGTON, BASTIAN, and BURGER, Circuit Judges.

WASHINGTON, Circuit Judge.

The principal issue in these cases is whether plaintiff-appellant's properties may be acquired by condemnation by the appellee Redevelopment Land Agency as a part of its "Area C" program for Southwest Washington. It appears that the planners decided to develop the waterfront area along a portion of Maine Avenue, S.W., as well as the blighted areas near it. Appellant's properties, lying between the waterfront and the area of blight, were...

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