Legal Opinion

Haggart v. United States

United States Court of Federal Claims

Decided September 28, 2009No. 09-103LPublishedCited by 39 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION AND ORDER

LETTOW, Judge.

Before the court in this rails-to-trails case is plaintiffs’ motion to certify a class action for a class comprised of the named plaintiffs and other landowners who own reversionary rights to property previously used as a railroad in King County, Washington. Plaintiffs claim that operation of Section 208 of the National Trails System Act Amendments of 1983, Pub.L. No. 98-11, § 208, 97 Stat. 42, 48 (codified at 16 U.S.C. § 1247(d)) (“Trails Act”), “preclude[s] the [pjlaintiffs and similarly situated property owners from enjoying their ‘reversionary rights to…

2Cases cited22 opinions

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3Cited by39 opinions

  1. Haggart v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2016
  2. Geneva Rock Products, Inc. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2011
  3. Haggart v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2012
  4. Dauphin Island Property Owners Ass'n v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2009
  5. Haggart v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2014

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