UNITED STATES v. 119.67 ACRES OF LAND, ETC.

No. 79-2933.

663 F.2d 1328 (1981)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. 119.67 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, SITUATED IN PLAQUEMINES PARISH, STATE OF LOUISIANA, etc., et al., Defendants; Chevron U.S.A. Inc. and Chevron Pipe Line Company, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit A

December 18, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Christian, W. Richard House, Jr., New Orleans, La., for defendants-appellants.

Marc J. Yellin, Asst. U. S. Atty., New Orleans, La., Edward J. Shawaker, Dirk D. Snel, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BROWN, COLEMAN and GEE, Circuit Judges.


JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:

The present appeal arises out of four condemnation actions commenced in September, 1971, by the Secretary of the Army filing Declarations of Taking, 40 U.S.C. § 258a et seq., and the United States filing Complaints in Condemnation, in order to acquire a "spoil servitude" for the improvement and maintenance of the Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River.1 The United States deposited estimated just compensation...

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