Hubbert v. United States

BRUGGINK, Judge.

This class action involves a suit by persons seeking compensation for the imposition of an easement for recreational trail use on their land. In a related case, we ruled that the government’s enactment of the Rails-to-Trails Act1 constituted a compensable taking. Glosemeyer v. United States, 45 Fed.Cl. 771 (2000). Subsequently we granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment as to seven of the thirty claimants.2 We denied plaintiffs’ cross-motion for partial summary judgment as to three of those claims.3 Hubbert v. United States, 58 Fed.Cl. 613 (2003). Later, two plaintiffs…