ELR Citation: ELR 20454
No(s). 88-1076 (U.S. Feb 21, 1990)

The Court holds that landowners' Fifth Amendment taking challenge to the National Trials System Act, the "rails-to-trails" statute, is premature and that the statute is a valid exercise of congressional power under the Commerce Clause. Claims for rail-to-trail conversions giving rise to just compens...