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Perspective

Aug. 25, 2010

The Million Dollar Difference in Eminent Domain: Relocation Cost or Mitigation Cost?

Is it rational to spend more than $1 million in relocation costs for a business worth only $126,000? Here’s a story of a family that learned the hard way that it is not, by F. Gale Connor of Nossman.

By F. Gale Connor

Is it rational to spend in excess of $1 million to move and reestablish a business worth only $126,000? Putting aside the rhetorical nature of this question, the Casasolas family, owners of a catering truck supply company who spent nearly $1.4 million to move and reestablish their business, learned the hard way that it is not.

In Los Angeles Unified School District v. Casasola (opinion filed August 5, 2010), the 2nd ...

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