Moore v. United States

OPINION

BRUGGINK, Judge.

This class action involves a suit by persons seeking compensation for the imposition of an easement for recreational trail use on their land. We previously ruled that the enactment of the Rails-to-Trails Act1 (“Trails Act”) constituted a compensable taking. Glosemeyer v. United States, 45 Fed.Cl. 771 (2000).2 After trial held from November 12 through 22, 2002 in St. Louis, we issued a bench ruling fixing compensation for 13 representative parcels in order to facilitate settlement of the remaining claims. Moore v. United States, 54 Fed.Cl. 747 (2002). On August 15, 2003,…