UNITED STATES v. 16.92 ACRES OF LAND

Nos. 81-1190, 81-1484.

670 F.2d 1369 (1982)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. 16.92 ACRES OF LAND, etc., Defendant, Appeal of William C. BREWER. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. 65.60 ACRES OF LAND, LOCATED IN the TOWN OF RUSSELL, COUNTY OF BAYFIELD, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 16, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bradley G. Clary, St. Paul, Minn., James F. Lorimer, Madison, Wis., for defendants-appellants.

Martin W. Matzen, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CUMMINGS, Chief Judge, PELL and SPRECHER, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

This is a consolidated appeal from judgments entered in favor of the United States in actions to condemn certain real property owned by the appellants. We have been asked to address two issues: (1) whether the United States has the authority to acquire land by condemnation in order to create the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore; and (2) whether the "improved property" classification established by 16 U.S.C. § 460w-3 violates the equal protection...

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