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Associated Press Reported on the Trail Expansion in Indiana

Lewis Rice Rails to Trails attorney Lindsay Brinton was featured in an Associated Press article discussing trail expansion in Indiana. Lindsay represents landowners along former railroad tracks and expressed her concerns about property devaluation and fair compensation with the ongoing development of the Cardinal Greenway trail within the proposed Great American Rail-Trail. 

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Lewis Rice's federal takings attorneys represent landowners throughout the United States pursuing takings claims against the federal government. One primary focus of the group is representing landowners in what is commonly referred to as rails to trails takings. Attorneys in this group litigate cases in the United States Court of Federal Claims on behalf of those whose property was taken by the federal government pursuant to the National Trails System Act, which authorizes abandoned railroad lines to be converted to public parks. The goal is to obtain compensation from the government for the taking of their land for the public recreational trail.

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