45 Fed. R. Evid. Serv. 785, 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 7154, 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 11,742 Stuart Bartleson v. United States of America, Marie Palm Kenneth E. Palm Stuart Bartleson and Vickie Palm v. United States

96 F.3d 1270 45 Fed. R. Evid. Serv. 785 , 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 7154, 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 11 ,742 Stuart BARTLESON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee. Marie PALM; Kenneth E. Palm; Stuart Bartleson; and Vickie Palm, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellant. Nos. 95-15528, 95-15561. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Aug. 15, 1996. Decided Sept. 25, 1996. Steve McNichols, Jr., Hallgrimson McNichols McCann, L.L.P., Pleasanton, California; Gerald Mason, San Luis Obispo, California, for plaintiff-appellant-cross-appellees. Douglas B. Jordan, Attorney, Civil Division, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendant-appellee-cross-appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, James Ware, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. Nos. CV-90-20127-JW, CV-91-20238-JW, CV-91-20459-JW. Before WIGGINS and TROTT, Circuit Judges, VANCE, * District Judge. WIGGINS, Circuit Judge: 1 Stuart A. Bartleson and Marie and Kenneth Palm (collectively "the Palms"), owners of large ranches adjacent to Camp Roberts Military Reservation in southern Monterey…