Legal Opinion
Preseault v. United States
United States Court of Federal Claims
Decided November 10, 1992No. 90-4043LPublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
NETTESHEIM, Judge.
This case is before the court after argument on cross-motions for partial summary judgment. Congress enacted the National Trails System Act, 16 U.S.C. §§ 1241-1251 (1988), which enabled use of a former railroad right-of-way as a bicycle path. Plaintiffs, who claim reversionary interests in the right-of-way, contend that the right-of-way consisted of railroad easements that had been abandoned and that, consequently, the Government took their property without just compensation under authority of the National Trails System Act. In its earlier opinion, Preseault v. United…
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