ELR Citation: ELR 20766
No(s). 01-5063 (Fed. Cir. Jun 21, 2002)

The court affirms the U.S. Court of Federal Claims' holding that the passage of the Resolution of Western Lands Dispute Act did not effect a taking of a railroad's land. When the railroad was incorporated in 1866, it was granted large areas of public land by the U.S. government. In exchange for the ...