Federal Circuit Dismisses Takings Claim Relating to Environmental Contamination for Being Out of Time
April 21, 2020
Stephen D. Daly
MGKF Litigation Blog
In Frazer/Exton Development, L.P. v. United States, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a takings claim against the federal government relating to environmental contamination because the appellants, current and former landowners of the site at issue, filed their lawsuit more than 6 years after environmental remediation was complete. Frazer/Exton Development, L.P. v. United States, No. 2019-2143 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 7, 2020).