*582 Mr. Chief Justice Burger delivered the opinion of the Court. We granted the writ in this case to consider whether state law may retroactively abrogate the terms of written agreements made by the United States when it acquires land for public purposes explicitly authorized by Congress. The United States initiated this litigation in…
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