Legal Opinion
Barclay v. United States
District Court, D. Kansas
Decided December 29, 2004No. 04-1119-WEBPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Memorandum and Order
WESLEY E. BROWN, Senior District Judge.
The plaintiffs allege that they are fee simple owners of properties in Kansas which are subject to easements for railroad purposes. According to the complaint, these railroad rights-of-way have now been converted to recreational trial use pursuant to a federal “rails to trails” statute. 1 Plaintiffs claim the conversion constitutes a taking of their property for public use which obligates the United States to provide just compensation under the Fifth Amendment. Relief is sought pursuant to the “Little Tucker Act,” 28 U.S.C. §…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- Preseault v. Interstate Commerce CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- United States v. BrockampSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Barclay v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2006
- Abernethy v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2012
- Bitner v. Watco Companies, Inc.Court of Appeals of Kansas · 2010
- Barclay v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2006
- John Barclay, Constance Barclay, Royer Barclay, Althea Barclay, John Amos, Marcia J. Bacon, Ronald J. Bartel, Melvin Bergen, John E. Boyle, Jonathan Ehrlich, Florence Ehrlich, Donald Graumann, Ruben Kliewer, Alvin Kroupa, Barbara Kroupa, Burdett Ledell, Lee Dale Miller, Vernon Minns, Frank A. Mitchell, Mid Kansas Cooperative Association, John F. Opat, Robert Presnell, Janet Regier, Sonja Regier, Don Reinhardt, Janice Reinhardt, Mary J. Rodgers, Darrell Thompson, Robert Turner, Geneva Turnquist, Donald Turnquist, Clark E. Wiebe, and Marlene J. Weber v. United States, Renewal Body Works, Inc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2006