Legal Opinion
Raulerson v. United States
United States Court of Federal Claims
Decided July 7, 2011No. 10-193CPublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*10 OPINION
MARGOLIS, Senior Judge.
This matter comes before the Court on the parties’ cross-motions for partial summary judgment for a determination of just compensation for the taking of plaintiffs’ reversion-ary interests in a railroad easement. A hearing was held in Court on June 9, 2011. Plaintiffs’ motion for partial summary judgment is granted, and defendant’s motion is denied.
I. Background
A. The Trails Act
The National Trails System Act Amendments of 1983 (“the Trails Act”), 16 U.S.C. § 1247, authorize the Surface Transportation Board (“STB”) to “preserve for possible future railroad use…
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