PETER KIEWIT SONS' CO. v. STATE


31 N.Y.2d 944 (1972)

Peter Kiewit Sons' Co., Respondent, v. State of New York, Appellant. (Claim No. 42404.)

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 29, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (J. Lawson Brown and Ruth Kessler Toch of counsel), for appellant.

Homer E. Peters and Livingston T. Coulter for respondent.

Concur: Chief Judge FULD and Judges BURKE, SCILEPPI, BERGAN and GIBSON. Judges BREITEL and JASEN dissent and vote to reverse and grant a new trial on the dissenting opinion at the Appellate Division.


Order affirmed, with costs, in the following memorandum: The appeal presents no dispute as to the rule of law under which a condemnee is denied recovery for enhancement in value attributable to the appropriation itself (see, e.g., United States v. Miller, 317 U.S. 369); but both courts below, in determining the purely factual issues presented, were warranted in finding no basis in the evidence...

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