Bell v. United States

Class Certification; RCFC 23; Size of the Individual Claims

OPINION and ORDER

CAMPBELL-SMITH, Chief Judge

This is an inverse condemnation matter brought by six named plaintiffs against the United States International Boundary and Water Commission (defendant or the government). Plaintiffs seek just compensation under the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution for defendant’s alleged physical taking of their property.

Plaintiffs own real property in the state of Texas, along the Mexican border, near the Rio Grande River. It is undisputed that defendant holds…