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Fox 4 reports that landowners along the old Seminole Gulf Railway in Estero, Florida, are voicing concerns about the conversion of the rail trail. Despite resident efforts to propose alternative routes, Lewis Rice attorneys Lindsay S. C. Brinton and Meghan S. Largent explain that eminent domain allows the government to convert private land, making it challenging for landowners to halt the project. Lindsay and Meghan's objective is to secure compensation from the government for the land taken from these property owners.

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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.