Samuel C. Johnson 1988 Trust, et al. v. Bayfield County 649 F.3D 799 (7th Cir. 2011)
Jan 01, 2011OUTCOME:
Prevailed before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on behalf of private property owners who faced the prospect of a local government putting an ATV/snowmobile trail through the middle o ... f their residences in northern Wisconsin, all without compensation. The case involved an abandoned railroad line which had its tracks removed in 1979, and after which private property owners purchased and built upon that land.
