Legal Opinion
Brace v. United States
United States Court of Federal Claims
Decided August 4, 2006No. 98-897 LPublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ALLEGRA, Judge.
“And then I know of no better way To close a road, abandon a farm, Reduce the births of the human race, And bring back nature in people’s place”1
This takings case is before the court following a trial in Washington, D.C. Plaintiff, Robert Brace, comes from a long line of farmers in Erie County, Pennsylvania. Significant portions of the land that now constitutes his farm were, for many years, drained with the complicity and assistance of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). But, when, after acquiring this property from his parents, plaintiff attempted to…
2Cases cited143 opinions
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3Cited by20 opinions
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