Now we turn to the typical government case. Normally, as I said, the government lawyer gets handed a case that is already filled with detail and is usually discoverable, even if the lawyer makes changes in it after getting it.
So what does the case look like? It typically takes a significant but not catastrophic amount of land from a site with an existing use already on it.
It normally has a valuation appraisal, backed up by expert reports, saying that the taking of this much land causes little or no damage, for which additional payment would otherwise be due on top of payment for the land taken, to the existing use of the remaining property.
This assertion, little or no damage to the remaining property, may or may not be true.
For the sake of this illustration, let's just call it THE SMALL LIE.
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