Joseph Deck, et al. v. The United States of America (No.1:13-cv-00789-VJW)...
More than 150 landowners in Erie and Cattaraugus Counties, New York have filed their inverse condemnation claims against the federal government. These landowners own land abutting a 27.6-mile...
View ArticleGovernment Agrees to its Liability for Taking a Group of New York Landowners’...
The government has recently stipulated to its liability for taking a number of properties in this case. For these properties, the government agreed that under New York law, the original railroad only...
View ArticleGrowing Interest in New York Rails-to-Trails Cases
We will be holding informational meetings for landowners whose claims the government has agreed to pay. In addition, we will also be holding an open house on Tuesday, April 21, 2015 from 9:00am to...
View ArticleArent Fox Files Appeal on Behalf of New York ‘High Line’ Landowner
Arent Fox has filed an appeal (appeal brief available here) on behalf of a New York City landowner whose property was taken by the federal government for the creation of the well-known “High Line”...
View ArticleArent Fox Defends New York Landowner’s Constitutional Right to Compensation
On January 7, Arent Fox partner Thor Hearne argued Romanoff Equities v. United States before the United States Court of Appeal for the Federal Circuit. In this case, Mr. Hearne defended the Romanoff...
View ArticleCase Update: D’Ostroph, et al. v. US and Benzin, et al. v. US
Case InformationD’Ostroph, et al. v. United StatesBenzin, et al. v. United States(formerly Deck v. United States and White v. United States)Case Update
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