Mekuria v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

MEMORANDUM OPINION

KESSLER, District Judge.

Plaintiffs, owners and operators of neighborhood businesses in the Petworth area of the District of Columbia, are asserting a claim of inverse condemnation against Defendant Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (“WMATA”). They claim that Defendant, in the course of constructing the Georgia Avenue/Pet-worth Metrorail Station, has taken their property without just compensation in violation of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. This matter now comes before the Court for final decision after a five day bench…