Legal Opinion
Rogers v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided December 28, 2015No. 2013-5098, 2013-5102PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’MALLEY, Circuit Judge.
This is a consolidated appeal arising from claims by Appellants — abutting landowners — that the United States effected a taking of their property without just compensation when it converted a former railroad corridor into a recreational trail pursuant to the National Trails System Act Amendments of 1983 (“Trails Act”). 1 Appellants allege that deeds transferred by their predecessors-in-title to a railroad company granted only easements on their land for railroad purposes and, upon termination of the use of the land as a railroad, left the landowners unencumbered title…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Caldwell, Iii v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2004
- Preseault v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1996
- Wyatt v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2001
- Barclay v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2006
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3Cited by41 opinions
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