Legal Opinion

Haggart v. United States

United States Court of Federal Claims

Decided May 21, 2014No. 1:09-cv-00103PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION AND ORDER

LETTOW, Judge,

This rails-to-trails class action is before the court on the parties’ Joint Motion for Approval of Settlement and plaintiffs’ Motion for Court Approval of Fees and Proposed Division of the Common Fund. Plaintiffs are more than 500 landowners who allege a tak ing of their land by the federal government when the Surface Transportation Board issued Notices of Interim Trail Use (“NITUs”) relating to three segments of railroad rights of way in King County, Washington. See Haggart v. United States, 89 Fed.Cl. 523, 528 (2009) (“Haggart /”). The rights of way were…

2Cases cited35 opinions

  1. Hensley v. EckerhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. Blum v. StensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  3. Avera v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2008
  4. Trustees v. GreenoughSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
  5. Dolores J. Copeland, Individually and on Behalf of the Class of All Others Similarly Situated v. F. Ray Marshall, Secretary of LaborCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1980

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Haggart v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2016
  2. Haggart v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2017
  3. Geneva Rock Products, Inc. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2015
  4. Haggart v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2017
  5. Bell v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2015

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