Pretext In Compensation Determinations: 11th Circuit Holds Landowner’s Burden To Show Government Intent To Depress Value By Regulation

In United States v. 480.00 Acres of Land, No. 07-13584 (Feb. 11, 2009), the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (which covers Alabama, Florida, and Georgia), held “in order for a fact finding body to ignore a…