Legal Opinion
Brown v. United States
United States Court of Federal Claims
Decided May 27, 2016No. 15-1297CPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Rails-to-Trails; Motion to Certify a Class Action; Failure to Satisfy All Requirements of RCFC 23; Joinder Not Impracticable; Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
OPINION AND ORDER
SWEENEY, Judge
In this Rails-to-Trails case, plaintiffs own real property in Cleveland County, North Carolina, adjacent to a railroad right-of-way. They contend that the United States, by authorizing the conversion of the railroad right-of-way into a recreational trail pursuant to the National Trail Systems Act (“Trails Act”), took their property without paying just compensation in violation of the Fifth Amendment to the United…
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