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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;benveniste, post: 1243055, member: 25547&quot;]The short answer is that just compensation is an issue of fact decided by a jury.&nbsp; I was briefly seated on a jury which was tasked to decide exactly such an issue.&nbsp; Alas, the plaintiffs used a preemptory challenge and kicked me off.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>As I noted earlier in the thread, governments can and do violate their own laws.</p><p><br /></p><p>By legal definition, a fair market price is price at which the property would change hands between a willing buyer and a willing seller.&nbsp; In cases like Nortz v. United States, 294 U.S. 317, in my opinion the Supreme Court ignored this.&nbsp; Whether the &quot;Money&quot; or &quot;Commerce&quot; clauses of the constitution were sufficient justification to do so is a question I leave for others.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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