Scott Timber Co. v. United States

OPINION

MARGOLIS, Judge.

These consolidated cases are before the court on defendant’s motion for reconsideration of the court’s March 12, 1998 opinion denying defendant’s cross-motion for summary judgment in case 94-784C, see Scott Timber Co. v. United States, 40 Fed.Cl. 492 (1998), and on plaintiffs motions for leave to amend its complaints to add takings claims under the Fifth Amendment in cases 94-784C and 96-204C.

With regard to defendant’s motion for reconsideration, defendant contends that the court erred in holding that a genuine issue of material fact existed as to whether the Forest…