Hunneshagen Family Trust of June 25, 1999 v. United States

Rails-to-Trails Act Settlement; Class Action Settlement; Approval of Settlement As Fair, Reasonable, and Adequate; Rule 23(e).

OPINION AND ORDER APPROVING SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT

MARY ELLEN COSTER WILLIAMS, Judge

This case arises from the federal Surface Transportation Board’s issuance of a Notice of Interim Trail Use on a 17-mile long former railroad corridor running across Plaintiffs’ land near Judson, Indiana and Monterey, Indiana. Plaintiffs allege that the Government’s action constituted a taking of their property interests under the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution. To…