Baker, et al v. The United States of America — Case No. 1:14-cv-00548-NBF
More than 12 Missouri landowners owning property in Cass, Pettis, Johnson, and Henry Counties, Missouri have filed their inverse condemnation claims against the federal government. These landowners own...
View ArticleFederal Government Issues Order Taking Missouri Landowners’ Property for Rock...
On February 26, 2015, the federal Surface Transportation Board issued a Notice of Interim Trail Use or Abandonment (NITU) affecting approximately 144 miles of the abandoned Rock Island Railroad...
View ArticleArent Fox Files ‘Rails to Trails’ Takings Claim Involving Missouri’s Rock...
Washington, DC— Arent Fox LLP’s nationally recognized Fifth Amendment Takings & Eminent Domain litigation team has filed a lawsuit in the US Court of Federal Claims on behalf of more than 200...
View ArticleGrowing Interest in Rock Island Rails-to-Trails
Our cases relating to the Rock Island Railroad corridor are getting a lot of attention. The Kansas City Star recently wrote an editorial, “Pick Up the Pace on Building Rock Island Trail across...
View ArticleMissouri Clears the Path for the Rock Island Trail
As more work on the Rock Island rail-to-trail project gets underway, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch investigated the impact of the federal government’s takings along the former railroad. The article,...
View ArticleCase Update: Abbott v. United States
More than 350 landowners have filed their inverse condemnation claims against the federal government in Benton, Cole, Franklin, Gasconade, Maries, Miller, Morgan, Osage and Pettis Counties. We have...
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