Legal Opinion
Geneva Rock Products, Inc. v. United States
United States Court of Federal Claims
Decided January 27, 2015No. 08-920LPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Rails to trails case; class action; settlement; fairness of settlement; reasonable attorneys’ fees to class counsel; application of RCFC 23(h); lodestar cross-check
OPINION AND ORDER
LETTOW, Judge.
This rails-to-trails class action comes before the court on plaintiffs’ Motion for Approval of Settlement and Motion for Court Approval of Fees. The class of plaintiffs consists of twenty-two claimants who allege that the federal government effected an uncompensated taking of their property when the Surface Transportation Board (“STB”) acted pursuant to Section 208 of the National Trails System Act…
2Cases cited44 opinions
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- Dolores J. Copeland, Individually and on Behalf of the Class of All Others Similarly Situated v. F. Ray Marshall, Secretary of LaborCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1980
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