United States v. 50 Acres of Land

United States v. 50 Acres of Land
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued October 2, 1984 Decided December 4, 1984
Full case name	United States v. 50 Acres of Land
Citations	469 U.S. 24 (more) 105 S. Ct. 451; 83 L. Ed. 2d 376
Case history
Prior	District Court entered judgment for jury award, 529 F. Supp. 220 (N.D. Tex. 1981); reversed and remanded, 706 F.2d 1356 (5th Cir. 1983); rehearing denied, 717 F.2d 1399 (5th Cir. 1983); cert. granted, 465 U.S. 1098 (1984).
Holding
The Fifth Amendment does not require consequential damages when the market value of the condemned property is ascertainable and when there is no showing of manifest injustice.
Court membership
Chief Justice Warren E. Burger Associate Justices William J. Brennan Jr. · Byron White Thurgood Marshall · Harry Blackmun Lewis F. Powell Jr. · William Rehnquist John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor
Case opinions
Majority	Stevens, joined by unanimous
Concurrence	O'Connor, joined by Powell
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amend. V

United States v. 50 Acres of Land, 469 U.S. 24 (1985), was a United States Supreme Court case regarding whether a public condemnee is entitled to consequential damages measured by the cost of acquiring a substitute facility if it has a duty to replace the condemned facility. The Court declined to award the costs of the substitute facility, holding that the Fifth Amendment does not require consequential damages when the market value of the condemned property is ascertainable and when there is no showing of manifest injustice.^[1]