U.S. v. 0.59 ACRES OF LAND

Nos. 95-16582, 95-16601.

109 F.3d 1493 (1997)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. 0.59 ACRES OF LAND, more or less in the County of Pima, State of Arizona; Frank Gee; Verne Gee, as Trustees of Frank and Verne Gee Revocable Trust, Defendants-Appellants. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. 0.46 ACRES OF LAND, more or less, in the County of Pima, State of Arizona, et al.; Jack Sheaffer; John L. Low, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided April 3, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. Parsons, Stubbs & Schubart, Tucson, Arizona, for defendants-appellants.

Jacques B. Gelin, U.S. Department of Justice, Appellate Section, Environmental & Natural Resources Division, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before: RONEY, Senior Circuit Judge, BEEZER and TROTT, Circuit Judges.


RONEY, Senior Circuit Judge:

The landowners appeal a judgment awarding them less compensation than claimed for the Government's declaration of easements over two separate tracts of land. A Government expert's appraisal report was put before the jury with several pieces of inadmissible evidence attached. Because this rendered the trial unfair to the defendant landowners, we reverse.

In March 1992, the United States filed complaints and declarations of taking...

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