United States v. Fuller

Fuller (defendant) owned 1,280 acres of ranchland outright and used an additional 43,488 acres of adjacent federal land under a revocable grazing permit issued under the Taylor Grazing Act, which created no property interest and could be canceled by the government at any time. When the United States (plaintiff) condemned 920 acres of Fuller's owned land, the parties disputed whether the jury could consider the added value that land gained from its potential combined use with the adjacent permit land; the trial court allowed the jury to consider that added value, and the Ninth Circuit affirmed. The government appealed to the Supreme Court.