Concrete Reliance Costs Are Automatically Compensable
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Subject distribution
- Constitutional Law1
Example wrong choices
14248_lydia_clay_reclamation · CONSTITUTIONAL_LAW · Choice ALydia's Workshop should prevail on its claim for the cost of the quarry equipment and kiln trailers, but not on its claim for expected profits.
Why it's attractive
It correctly rejects expected profits but turns equipment costs into compensation even though the equipment was not taken.
Why it's wrong
It correctly rejects expected profits but turns equipment costs into compensation even though the equipment was not taken.
14248_lydia_clay_reclamation · CONSTITUTIONAL_LAW · Choice CLydia's Workshop should prevail on both its claim for the equipment costs and its claim for expected profits.
Why it's attractive
It pays both categories even though the stem gives retained land value and retained equipment value.
Why it's wrong
It pays both categories even though the stem gives retained land value and retained equipment value.
14248_lydia_clay_reclamation · CONSTITUTIONAL_LAW · Choice DLydia's Workshop should prevail on its claim for expected profits, but not on its claim for the equipment costs.
Why it's attractive
It treats expected profits as the taken property even though the stem's retained-use facts point away from compensation.
Why it's wrong
It treats expected profits as the taken property even though the stem's retained-use facts point away from compensation.
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