Court Denies Appeal in El Salvador Land Case
From Reuters
WASHINGTON —
The Supreme Court on Monday denied an appeal by six Americans seeking $20 million from the U.S. government after their coffee plantation was taken over under El Salvador’s agrarian reform program.
The U.S. residents, who owned a 4,500-acre plantation called Las Lahas, demanded compensation in a lawsuit charging that the expropriation was a joint operation by the two governments. A lower court had ruled against the landowners.
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