Preseault v. United States

ELR Citation: ELR 20391
No(s). 90-4043L (Cl. Ct. Nov 10, 1992)

The court holds that the National Trails System Act, which authorizes the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) to convert abandoned railroad rights-of-way to recreation and conservational uses, does not work a compensable taking of the plaintiff landowners' reversionary interest in abandoned railroa...