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UNITED STATES v. 1,378.65 ACRES OF LAND

No. 85-2021.

794 F.2d 1313 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant. v. 1,378.65 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, SITUATE IN VERNON COUNTY, STATE OF MISSOURI, and Laurance Phister, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided July 1, 1986.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied July 31, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacques B. Gelin, Washington, D.C., for appellant.

Thomas E. Barzee, Jr., N. Kansas City, Mo., for appellees.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, and BRIGHT and ROSENN, Senior Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied July 31, 1986.

ROSENN, Circuit Judge.

The United States appeals from the district court's1 award of attorney's fees to defendants in this condemnation action, arguing that its position was substantially justified. The Government's various offers of compensation for the condemnation matched the estimates of its qualified appraisers. We agree that the Government showed its position with respect...

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