U.S. v. 62.61 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, ETC.

No. 76-1325.

547 F.2d 818 (1977)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. 62.61 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN the CITY OF VIRGINIA BEACH, COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, et al., Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided January 18, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph J. Lawler, Norfolk, Va. (James M. Pickrell, Kellam, Pickrell & Lawler, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for appellants.

Carl Strass, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C. (Peter R. Taft, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D.C., William B. Cummings, U. S. Atty., and William M. Norris, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Alexandria, Va., on brief), for appellee.

Before WINTER, BUTZNER, and HALL, Circuit Judges.


K. K. HALL, Circuit Judge.

Lacy L. Redd and M. Virginia Redd (hereinafter the "Redds") appeal one aspect of a final judgment in a United States condemnation suit. The district court held that they had no compensable interest in a certain stone jetty extending from their land out into the Chesapeake Bay. We affirm.

Jurisdiction of this court rests on 28 U.S.C. § 1291.

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