U. S. v. 573.88 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, ETC.

Nos. 75-1311, 75-1463, 75-1464.

531 F.2d 847 (1976)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. 573.88 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, situated IN CRAWFORD ET AL., COUNTIES, STATE OF INDIANA, et al., Defendants-Appellees. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. 1,020.21 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, situated IN CRAWFORD ET AL., COUNTIES, STATE OF INDIANA, et al., Defendants-Appellees. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. 950.12 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, situated IN CRAWFORD ET AL., COUNTIES, STATE OF INDIANA, et al., Defendant-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 25, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond N. Zagone, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., James B. Young, U. S. Atty., Indianapolis, Ind., for plaintiff-appellant.

Joe Vol Butt, Frederick P. Bamberger, Evansville, Ind., Gary E. Becker, Tell City, Ind., for defendants-appellees.

Before PELL and BAUER, Circuit Judges, and WHELAN, District Judge.


BAUER, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal by the United States from the decision of the trial court to accept various condemnation commission reports despite government objections. The issue on appeal is whether the commission reports are so conclusory so as to preclude effective judicial review, contrary to the Supreme Court's decision in United States v. Merz, 376 U.S. 192, 84 S.Ct. 639, 11 L.Ed.2d 629 (1964). We affirm.

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