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Friday, October 9, 2026
Courthouse News Service
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Civil Rights

The U.S. government condemned land in Missouri and Kansas for a railroad easement, but then abandoned the right of way and created a public recreational trail without acknowledging the original owners' "reversionary" right to their property, according to class actions in Missouri and Kansas federal courts.

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