Legal Opinion

Capreal, Inc. v. United States

United States Court of Federal Claims

Decided May 6, 2011No. 09-186LPublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION AND ORDER

WHEELER, Judge.

Plaintiffs in this Fifth Amendment takings case are landowners who claim fee simple interests in real property formerly subject to railroad easements. The railroad right-of-way is located in southern Massachusetts, and is known locally as the Southbridge Secondary Track. The right-of-way has been acquired by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for a recreational trail pursuant to a Notice of Interim Trail Use or Abandonment (NITU) issued by the federal Surface Transportation Board (STB). Plaintiffs claim that, if not for the issuance of the NITU, they would have…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Mingus Constructors, Inc. v. The United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1987
  3. Preseault v. Interstate Commerce CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  4. Caldwell, Iii v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2004
  5. Preseault v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1996

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Thompson v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2011
  2. Raulerson v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2011
  3. Jenkins v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2011
  4. Beres v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2012
  5. Dana R. Hodges Trust v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2011

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