UNITED STATES v. 341.45 ACRES OF LAND

Nos. 79-2075, 79-2083.

633 F.2d 108 (1980)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. 341.45 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, LOCATED IN the COUNTY OF ST. LOUIS, STATE OF MINNESOTA, Edward H. Essling et al., Edna K. Bassett, Appellee. UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. 341.45 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, LOCATED IN the COUNTY OF ST. LOUIS, STATE OF MINNESOTA, Edward M. Essling, et al., Paul Edward Essling, Administrator of the Estate of Edward M. Essling, deceased, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided October 27, 1980.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied December 4, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony C. Liotta, Deputy Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D. C., Thomas K. Berg, U. S. Atty., John M. Lee, Asst. U. S. Atty., Minneapolis, Minn., Jacques B. Gelin, Thomas H. Pacheco, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

David Essling, St. Paul, Minn., for appellees.

Before BRIGHT, ROSS and STEPHENSON, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied December 4, 1980.

ROSS, Circuit Judge.

The United States appeals two condemnation judgments totaling $298,580 resulting from a jury verdict in a condemnation case involving land located in Voyageurs National Park in northern Minnesota. We conclude that the district court1 erred in admitting evidence regarding the highest and best use of the land and therefore we reverse and remand for a new...

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