USA v. Union Four Corporation, S.A.

FILED
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
APRIL 23, 2012
JOHN LEY
CLERK
[DO NOT PUBLISH]
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
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No. 10-15403
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D.C. Docket No. 1:99-cv-00672-FAM
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
versus
JAIME GONZALEZ,
MARIA ELENA GONZALEZ,
Defendants-Appellants.
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No. 10-15404
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D.C. Docket No. 1:99-cv-00669-FAM
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
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SIGMA LAND CORPORATION,
Defendant-Appellant.
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No. 10-15419
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D.C. Docket No. 1:00-cv-03983-FAM
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
versus
UNION FOUR CORPORATION, S.A.,
Defendant-Appellant.
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No. 10-15422
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D.C. Docket No. 1:96-cv-01813-FAM
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
versus
MONTEGO LAND CORPORATION,
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a Florida corporation,
Defendant-Appellant.
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Appeals from the United States District Court
for the Southern District of Florida
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(April 23, 2012)
Before HULL and FAY, Circuit Judges, and WALTER, * District Judge.
PER CURIAM:
In these consolidated appeals, several landowners appeal the district court’s
judgments and fair-market-value findings in the government’s condemnation
claims for land used to expand Everglades National Park. After review and with
the benefit of oral argument, we conclude that the district court properly rejected
the Land Commission’s application of a 5% annual appreciation in the value of the
recreational parcels. We also conclude that the district court properly rejected the
Land Commission’s “summation approach” to valuing the parcel at issue in Appeal
No. 10-15422. Finally, we conclude that the district court did not abuse its
discretion by enforcing its pretrial order and refusing to extend the discovery
deadline or to continue the trial before the Land Commission. Accordingly, we
*Honorable Donald E. Walter, United States District Judge for the Western District of
Louisiana, sitting by designation.
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affirm the judgments of the district court and its September 22, 2010 orders, which
adopted the thorough and well reasoned report and recommendation of the
magistrate judge.
AFFIRMED.
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