U.S. v. 8.0 ACRES OF LAND

Nos. 98-2257, 98-2313.

197 F.3d 24 (1999)

UNITED STATES, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. 8.0 ACRES OF LAND, More or Less, Situated in Barnstable County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts; Raymond W. Cobb, Defendants Mary Virginia Brandt Ruxton; Estate of Jean Stevenson Clark; Norman S. Rose; Elmer Q. Rose; Austin L. Rose, Estate of Priscilla L. Rose; John D. Hallisey, Defendants, Appellees Roger Treat Jackson, Jr.; Margery Jackson Chambers; Betsey Jackson Patterson; Barbara Jackson Allgeier, Defendants Appellants Arthur C. Croce, Appellant. United States, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. 8.0 Acres of Land, More or Less, Situated in Barnstable County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts; Raymond W. Cobb, Defendants Mary Virginia Brandt Ruxton; Estate of Jean Stevenson Clark; Norman S. Rose; Elmer Q. Rose; Austin L. Rose; Estate of Priscilla L. Rose; John D. Hallisey, Defendants, Appellants Roger Treat Jackson, Jr.; Margery Jackson Chambers; Betsey Jackson Patterson; Barbara Jackson Allgeier, Defendants, Appellees, Arthur C. Croce, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided November 30, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John D. Hallisey for Mary Virginia Brandt Ruxton et al.

John T. Stahr, Dept. of Justice, with whom Lois J Schiffer, Asst. Attorney General, Donald K. Stern, United States Attorney and George B. Henderson, II, Asst. United States Attorney, John A. Bryson and Joy Ryan, Attorneys, Dept. of Justice were on brief, for appellee United States.

Arthur C. Croce, for Roger Treat Jackson, Jr., et al. and pro se.

Before Selya, Circuit Judge, Cyr, Senior Circuit Judge, and Lipez, Circuit Judge.


LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

Mary Brandt Ruxton, the estate of Jean Stevenson Clark, Norman S. Rose, Elmer Q. Rose, Austin L. Rose, and the estate of Priscilla L. Rose (collectively the "Ruxton heirs" or "Ruxton claimants") appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts establishing the interest of several dozen claimants in a condemnation award. The Ruxton heirs argue that, in addition to the share awarded to them by the trial...

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