Legal Opinion
Moore v. United States
United States Court of Federal Claims
Decided January 31, 2005No. 93-134 LPublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BRUGGINK, Judge.
This is a class action in which plaintiffs seek compensation for the imposition of an easement for recreational trail use on their land. The parties seek approval of their proposed settlement pursuant to RCFC 23(e). Also pending is class counsel’s Motion for Approval of Contingency Fee.
*783BACKGROUND
This court previously ruled that the government took an easement for public use without compensation. Glosemeyer v. United States, 45 Fed.Cl. 771 (2000) (including the consolidated ease Moore v. United States, No. 93-134L). Following a valuation trial as to 13 representative…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Hensley v. EckerhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- City of Burlington v. DagueSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Staton v. Boeing Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2003
- Boeing Co. v. Van GemertSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- In Re General Motors Corporation Pick-Up Truck Fuel Tank Products Liability Litigation. Jack French, Robert M. West, Charles E. Merritt, Gary Blades, Dawn and Tracey Best, Gary and Jackie Barnes, Betty Marteny, John and Mary Southands, Edmund Berning, Dale W. Plummer, Edmund and Anneta Casey, John and Connie Yonki, Carl and Kathryn Corona, Dallas and Patricia Nelson, Mynard and Mildred Duncan, Kirby L. Stegman, Dewayne Anderson, Morris and Barbara Betzold, in No. 94-1064. Rudolph Jenkins, William D. Cunningham, Mather Johnson, Forrest Charles Ginn, Buren William Jones and Martin D. Parkman, in No. 94-1194. Parish of Jefferson, in No. 94-1195. The State of New York, in No. 94-1198. Elton Wilson, Individually, and Frank I. Owen, Individually and on Behalf of the Residents of the State of Alabama, in No. 94-1202. City of New York, in No. 94-1203. Betty Youngs, Barbara Phillips, Margaret Engel, Larry Swope, Robbin Maxwell and Center for Auto Safety, in No. 94-1207. Betty Youngs, Barbara Phillips, Margaret Engel, Larry Swope, Robbin Maxwell and Center for Auto Safety, in No. 94-1208. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, in No. 94-1219Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1995
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3Cited by26 opinions
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- Sharon Raulerson v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2013
- Dauphin Island Property Owners Ass'n v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2009
- Haggart v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2014
- Christensen v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2005
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