Legal Opinion
Caldwell, Iii v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided December 14, 2004No. 2003-5152PublishedCited by 316 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DYK, Circuit Judge.
Appellants William B. Caldwell, III and Ben Frank Billings, III (collectively “Caldwell”) brought a class action lawsuit seeking compensation for an alleged taking pursuant to the National Trail Systems Act (the “Trails Act”), 16 U.S.C. § 1247(d). The Court of Federal Claims held that the appellants’ claim was barred under the applicable statute of limitations, 28 U.S.C. § 2501, because it accrued more than six years before the lawsuit was filed. Caldwell v. United States, 57 Fed. Cl. 193 (2003). Because the appellants’ claim accrued when the exemption proceedings were…
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