Kevin Brott v. United States

OPINION

ALICE M. BATCHELDER, Circuit Judge.

Twenty-three Michigan landowners filed suit in federal district court seeking compensation in excess of $10,000 for the United States’s alleged taking of their land for use as a public recreational trail. The landowners assert that they are entitled to have their claims considered in an Article III court and by a jury. However, Congress has acted constitutionally in bestowing on the Court of Federal Claims, an Article I court, exclusive jurisdiction over the landowners’ compensation claims and removing the right to a jury trial for claims brought in…