Legal Opinion
National Railroad Passenger Corp. (Amtrak) v. 3.44 Acres More or Less of Land & Building Located at 900 2nd Street NE
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided September 20, 2017No. Civil Action No. 2015-1088Published
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
CHRISTOPHER R. COOPER, United States District Judge
The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, known by all as “Amtrak,” can take “interests in property” by eminent domain where those interests are “necessary for intercity rail passenger transportation.” 49 U.S.C. § 24311(a)(1)(A). Relying on this authority, Amtrak filed suit in July 2015 to condemn two parcels of land Owned by Defendant Fluorine LLC that sit adjacent to Washington Union Station. •
Fluorine has filed a motion for partial summary judgment challenging Amtrak’s statutory authority to take one of the parcels,…
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