HAGGART v. U.S.

2018-1757.

943 F.3d 943 (2019)

Daniel HAGGART, Kathy Haggart, et al., for Themselves and as Representatives of a Class of Similarly Situated Persons, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

Decided: November 27, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carter Glasgow Phillips , Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC, argued for plaintiffs-appellees Daniel Haggart, Kathy Haggart, Cleveland Square, LLC, RC TC Meridian Ridge LLC, TWOSONS LLC, Dennis J. Crispin, Gretchen Chambers, DeBlois Properties LLC, Star L. Evans, Michael B. Jacobsen, Molly A. Jacobsen, Frances Jane Lee, Susan B. Long, Claudia Mansfield, Frederick P. Miller, Susan L. Miller, Leslie Milstein, PBI Enterprises LLC, Michael G. Russell, Elana Russell, James M. Sather, Kelly J. Sather, James E. Strang, Patricia Strang, Alison L. Webb, D. Michael Young, Julia H. Young, Faramarz Ghoddoussi, Westpoint Properties, LLC. Also represented by Thomas Scott Stewart , Elizabeth McCulley , Stewart Wald & McCulley, LLC, Kansas City, MO; Steven Wald , St. Louis, MO. Plaintiffs-appellees Cleveland Square, LLC, RC TC Meridian Ridge LLC, TWOSONS LLC, Dennis J. Crispin, Gretchen Chambers, DeBlois Properties LLC, Star L. Evans, Michael B. Jacobsen, Molly A. Jacobsen, Frances Jane Lee, Susan B. Long, Claudia Mansfield, Frederick P. Miller, Susan L. Miller, Leslie Milstein, PBI Enterprises LLC, Michael G. Russell, Elana Russell, James M. Sather, Kelly J. Sather, James E. Strang, Patricia Strang, Alison L. Webb, D. Michael Young, Julia H. Young also represented by Louis David Peterson , Hillis, Clark, Martin & Peterson PS, Seattle, WA. Plaintiffs-appellees Faramarz Ghoddoussi, Westpoint Properties, LLC also represented by Richard Sanders , Tacoma, WA.

David Charles Frederick , Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, PLLC, Washington, DC, argued for plaintiffs-appellees Gordon Arthur Woodley, Denise Lynn Woodley. Also represented by Joanna Zhang .

Eric Grant , Environment and Natural Resources Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, argued for defendant-appellant. Also represented by Jeffrey H. Wood , Brian C. Toth , Jeffrey B. Clark , William B. Lazarus , Mary Gabrielle Sprague .

Before Prost, Chief Judge, Wallach and Hughes, Circuit Judges.


Appellees Daniel Haggart, Kathy Haggart, et al. (collectively, "Landowners") filed this "rails-to-trails" class action against the United States ("Government"), claiming that the Government, through the National Trails System Act, effected a Fifth Amendment taking of Landowners' reversionary rights to property underlying...

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