Sears v. United States

In the United States Court of Federal Claims No. 12-889L and No. 13-404L (Consolidated) (Filed: March 8, 2017) (As Amended upon Reconsideration: May 10, 2017) ) CLAUDE SEARS, et al., ) Post-trial determination of the just ) compensation due in a rails-to-trails case; Plaintiffs, ) value of the agricultural land taken for ) trail use; cost to reclaim; severance v. ) damages attributable to “point rows;” no ) preemption of Iowa statute guaranteeing UNITED STATES, ) access to fields otherwise landlocked by ) the trail Defendant. ) ) Thomas S. Stewart, Stewart Wald & McCulley LLC, Kansas City,…