Supreme Court allows expropriation for highways if compensation uses market value at expropriation date, not location date.

The Supreme Court set aside a lower court decision regarding compensation for highway expropriation, remanding the case for a new ruling. The plaintiff argued that using the property's value at the time of the highway's location decision violated constitutional rights, while the government contended the law required valuation at that earlier stage. The court ruled that while the property's condition must be fixed at the location date to prevent manipulation, the monetary compensation must reflect the market value at the actual date of expropriation to ensure equal protection for all citizens.