Mary J. and Thomas J. Faussett, et al. v. The United States of America —...
The Plaintiffs are the fee owners of property abutting a 24.7-mile rail line located in Kent, Ionia, and Montcalm counties in Michigan, and have filed their inverse condemnation claims against the...
View ArticleKevin Brott, et al. v. The United States of America — 1:14-cv-00567-LB
The Plaintiffs are the fee owners of property abutting a 3.35-mile railroad right-of-way located in Muskegon County, Michigan and have filed their inverse condemnation claims against the federal...
View ArticleFederal Government Wrongly Asserts US Court of Federal Claims Has No...
Arent Fox filed claims for compensation on behalf of Michigan landowners’ whose property was taken by the federal government for the construction of a recreational trail. The claims were filed in both...
View ArticleThe Right to Just Compensation under the Fifth Amendment is a ‘Constitutional...
As takings guru Robert Thomas noted on his Inverse Condemnation blog, Arent Fox’s landmark complaint in Brott v. United States (W.D. Michigan, available here) raises the same constitutional questions...
View ArticleUpdate: Brott v. United States
We had a good status conference with Judge Neff in Brott v. United States in the US District Court for the Western District of Michigan. Judge Neff set the briefing schedule for the arguments on the...
View ArticleRobert Thomas: “Congress Cannot Limit Property Owners’ Rights to ‘Just...
As our friend and takings law expert Robert Thomas noted today here, Congress, by statute, cannot limit the Constitution’s guarantee that landowners receive “just compensation” when the government...
View ArticleProperty Rights Groups File Briefs in Support of Our Case in Brott v. United...
As we recently noted, the government asked the U.S.
View ArticleCourt of Federal Claims Rejects Government’s Attempt to Dismiss Michigan...
Arent Fox’s Federal Takings team filed two lawsuits on behalf of Michigan landowners seeking “just compensation” under the Fifth Amendment for the taking of their land for the creation of a...
View Article"Restoring Fairness to Federal Land Seizures": Perry Penderly Comments on...
We are gratified to see that our takings case brought on behalf of landowners in Muskegon, Michigan (Brott v.
View ArticleCase Update: Faussett v. United States
More than a dozen landowners in Kent and Montcalm counties, Michigan have filed their inverse condemnation claims against the federal government seeking compensation for the taking of their property...
View ArticleMichigan Landowners Petition Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals for Rehearing on...
In Brott v. United States, a group of Michigan landowners are courageously demanding their right to a jury trial and right to be heard in a judicial court (instead of a legislative court without a...
View ArticleBrott v. United States, No. 17-712 (U.S. Supreme Court), 858 F.3d 425 (6th...
UPDATE: The Supreme Court has ordered (requested) the Solicitor General to file a response to our petition.Question presented: May the federal government take an owner’s property in violation of the...
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