Legal Opinion
Thomas v. United States
United States Court of Federal Claims
Decided August 29, 2012No. Nos. 10-54L, 10-459LPublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
FIRESTONE, Judge.
In this “Rails-to-Trails” case, plaintiffs allege that they own property in Shelby Coun*473ty, Tennessee, through which CSX Transportation, Inc. and its predecessors ran a railroad right-of-way. Plaintiffs claim that the defendant (“the government”) affected a taking of their reversionary property interests in the railroad right-of-way when the government approved the conversion of the subject rail line to a recreational trail pursuant to the “railbanking” provision of the National Trails System Act Amendments of 1983, 16 U.S.C. § 1247(d) (2006) (“Trails Act”).…
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3Cited by14 opinions
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