1.   Determining the value of the land would be similar to assessing the worth of any property containing a natural resource, Loomis said.

2.   In the courtroom, Hodgman did not assess the worth of any of the leads and clues checked out so far by his investigators.

3.   Others say that as a Californian, he is ill-equipped to assess the worth of affirmative-action programs in Arizona.

4.   The process of determining the value of the land would be similar to assessing the worth of any property containing a natural resource.