MEKURIA v. WASH. METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTH.

Civil Action No. 96-866(GK).

45 F.Supp.2d 19 (1999)

Bisrat MEKURIA, et al., Plaintiffs, v. WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY, Defendant.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

March 16, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A. Super, Jerome T. Tao, Ronald B. Vergnolle, James F.H. Scott, Baker & Botts, Washington, DC, Wendy Kay Luersen Harvel, Willms, Smith & Reynolds, LLP, Austin, TX, for plaintiffs.

Bruce P. Heppen, William A. Caldwell, Sonia A. Bacchus, Washington Metro. Area Transit Auth., Office of General Counsel, Washington, DC, Keith Michael Bonner, Gilberg & Kiernan, Washington, DC, for defendant.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

KESSLER, District Judge.

Plaintiffs, owners and operators of neighborhood businesses in the Petworth area of the District of Columbia, are asserting a claim of inverse condemnation against Defendant Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority ("WMATA"). They claim that Defendant, in the course of constructing the Georgia Avenue/Petworth Metrorail Station, has taken their property without just compensation in violation of the...

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