Voth Oil Co. v. United States

Class Action Settlement; RCFC 23(e); Rails-to-Trails litigation; Attorneys’ Fees Under URA, 42 U.S.C. § 4654(c); Contingent Fee Agreement

OPINION APPROVING SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT

FIRESTONE, Judge.

This matter comes before the court on the parties’ joint motion for final approval of the settlement agreement between the United States (“the government”) and the plaintiffs in this opt-in class action Rails-to-Trails case, arising from the creation of a reere-*101ational trail along a 15-mile long former railroad corridor running across plaintiffs’ land between the towns of Garden Plain and Wichita in…