Reoforce, Inc. v. United States

Stoll, Circuit Judge.

In this takings case, we must decide whether the Government prevented appel lants Reoforce, Inc., Theodore Simonson, and Ronald Stehn (collectively “Reoforce”) from mining on a tract of land in California for over a decade, thus taking Reoforce’s property rights in a manner compensable under the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution. Reoforce brought this takings claim in the Court of Federal Claims. After a trial, the Claims Court found that Reoforce did not have standing and that Reoforce had also failed to prove the merits of its claim. Contrary to the finding of the…