CASTILLO v. U.S.

2019-1158.

950 F.3d 1362 (2020)

Reinaldo CASTILLO, Gonzalo Padron Marino, Mayda Rotella, Julia Garcia, Shops on Flager Inc., Jose F. Dumenigo, Dora A. Dumenigo, Humberto J. Diaz, Josefa Marcia Diaz, Luis Crespo, Jose Luis Napole, Grace Barsello Napole, Bernardo D. Manduley, Norma A. Manduley, Danilo A. Rodriguez, Dora Rodriguez, Avimael Arevalo, Odalys Arevalo, Dalia Espinosa, Daniel Espinosa, Sofira Gonzalez, Lourdez Rodriguez, Alberto Perez, Mayra Lopez, Niraldo Hernandez Padron, Mercedes Alina Falero, Luisa Palencia, Xiomara Rodriguez, Hugo E. Diaz, and, Concepcion V. Diaz, as Co-Trustees of the Diaz Family Revocable Trust, South American Tile, LLC, Gladys Hernandez, Nelson Menendez, Jose Martin Martinez, Norma del Socorro Gomez, Osvaldo Borras, Jr., Luis R. Schmidt, Plaintiffs-Appellants v. UNITED STATES, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

Decided: February 20, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Meghan Sue Largent , LewisRice, St. Louis, MO, argued for plaintiffs-appellants. Plaintiffs-appellants Gonzalo Padron Marino, Mayda Rotella, Julia Garcia, Jose F. Dumenigo, Dora A. Dumenigo, Dalia Espinosa, Daniel Espinosa, Sofira Gonzalez, Mayra Lopez, South American Tile, LLC, Gladys Hernandez, Jose Martin Martinez, Norma del Socorro Gomez, Luis R. Schmidt, Humberto J. Diaz, Josefa Marcia Diaz also represented by Lindsay Brinton.

James H. Hulme , Arent Fox LLP, Washington, DC, for plaintiffs-appellants Reinaldo Castillo, Danilo A. Rodriguez, Dora Rodriguez.

Mark F. Hearne, II , True North Law Group, LLC, St. Louis, MO, for plaintiffs-appellants Shops on Flager Inc., Luis Crespo, Jose Luis Napole, Grace Barsello Napole, Bernardo D. Manduley, Norma A. Manduley, Avimael Arevalo, Odalys Arevalo, Lourdez Rodriguez, Alberto Perez, Niraldo Hernandez Padron, Mercedes Alina Falero, Luisa Palencia, Xiomara Rodriguez, Hugo E. Diaz, Concepcion V. Diaz, Nelson Menendez, Osvaldo Borras, Jr. Also represented by Stephen S. Davis.

Kevin William Mcardle , Environment & Natural Resource Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, argued for defendant-appellee. Also represented by Jeffrey B. Clark, Eric Grant.

Before Wallach, Taranto, and Chen, Circuit Judges.


Reinaldo Castillo and others own plots of land abutting a railroad right-of-way that was long ago granted to, and for decades used by, the Florida East Coast Railway Co. in Dade County, Florida. It is undisputed before us that, when the railway company eventually abandoned the right-of-way for rail use (the purpose for which...

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