United States v. 564.54 Acres of Land
United States Supreme Court
441 U.S. 506 (1979)
Relevant factsFree
The government condemned land the Church used to operate three nonprofit summer camps, offering the roughly $485,400 fair market value, but the Church demanded $5.8 million reflecting the higher cost of developing equivalent substitute facilities subject to new regulations, and the court of appeals held the jury should have been instructed that substitute-facility compensation was appropriate if the facility provided an otherwise-unreplaceable community benefit.
IssueFree
Whether a private landowner whose land is taken through eminent domain is entitled to compensation for value arising from the landowner's unique need for the property.