Former landowners awarded millions --
A federal judge has recommended a $34.3 million award to a group of former landowners in Western Kentucky whose property was taken to create a World War II-era military training post. Judge Susan Braden of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims in Washington, D.C., recommended that Congress appropriate at least $34,303,980 in restitution for land and mineral rights lost by the landowners when the government appropriated their land to create Camp Breckinridge. Click here to read the opinion.
Braden issued a 53-page ruling on April 18, 2008, saying the amount represents only 27 percent of the $127 million benefit the government received from taking the land and mineral rights. "In considering this recommendation, Congress should be mindful that the entire amount of revenue that the Government received for the lease and sale of these rights is unknown, because the Government failed to produce or destroyed relevant documents that would verify the correct amount," Braden wrote.
A team of Wyatt lawyers represents the over 1,000 landowners and heirs in the case.
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Wyatt Wins Tax Case for City of Louisville at Kentucky Supreme Court --
Wyatt lawyers successfully represented the City of Louisville in a recent tax rate case heard before the Kentucky Supreme Court. The case involved a class action challenging the City’s method of setting its ad valorem tax rates in 1998 and 1999. The Court unanimously upheld the City’s approach, which had also been upheld by the lower courts. An adverse decision could have meant millions of dollars in tax refunds, at a time when all governmental bodies are strapped for revenue.
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