Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority v. United States

OPINION

ALLEGRA, Judge.

This inverse condemnation case is before the court following trial in Washington, D.C. Plaintiff seeks just compensation under the Fifth Amendment for the physical taking of a portion of the land that underlain a former trolley line running from the border of the District of Columbia to the Cabin John Bridge in Maryland (the “Cabin John” property). The parties have agreed that some physical taking of the Cabin John occurred when an easement granted in 1964 to the United States to construct the Clara Barton Parkway (the Parkway) over a portion of the trolley line was…