United States v. 50 Acres of Land

ELR Citation: ELR 20117
No(s). 83-1170 (U.S. Dec 4, 1984)

The court holds that when the United States condemns a public landfill that a municipality is obliged to replace, the Fifth Amendment does not require that the United States pay the cost of acquiring a substitute, so long as the market value of the condemned property is ascertainable and there is no...