Professors’ Corner
A FREE monthly webinar (non-CLE) featuring a panel of law professors addressing
topics of interest to practitioners of real estate and trusts/estates
April’s program: “Rails-to-Trails and the Impact of Brandt Revocable Trust v. United States”
Wednesday, April 9, 12:30pm Eastern/11:30am Central/9:30am Pacific
Speakers:
Professor Danaya C. Wright, University of Florida Levin College of Law
Professor Michael Allan Wolf, University of Florida Levin College of Law
On March 10, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Brandt Revocable Trust v. U.S., involving the interpretation of the General Railroad Right-of-Way Act of 1875. The case involved a railroad right of way obtained in 1908, crossing land conveyed by the U.S. to the Brandt family in a 1976 land patent that did not specify what would happen if the railroad later relinquished its right of way (which occurred some years later). In the case, the U.S. sought to quiet title to the abandoned right of way, including the portion that crossed the land conveyed by the Brandt patent. Reversing the Tenth Circuit, which had affirmed a grant of summary judgment for the U.S., the Supreme Court held that the right of way was only an easement and was extinguished when the railroad abandoned it. The decision has already created some substantial consternation regarding its potential impact on the Rails-to-Trails movement and recreational trail development along abandoned rail corridors.
Our program for April will feature two leading scholars who will discuss the Brandt decision and its likely implications for the "Rails to Trails" movement, existing recreational trails and future recreational trail development. Our speakers will include Professors Danaya C. Wright and Michael Allan Wolf, both on the faculty of the University of Florida Levin College of Law. Professor Wright is the Clarence J. TeSelle Endowed Professor, and the nation's pre-eminent legal scholar on the subject of Rails-to-Trails. Professor Wolf is the Richard E. Nelson Chair in Local Government Law at Florida and a frequent speaker on the subjects of Land Use Controls, Local Government, and Environmental Law.
Register for this FREE program at http://ambar.org/ProfessorsCorner
Members of the DIRT list are encouraged to participate in this program, and to become involved members of the ABA Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section.
Sponsored by the ABA Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section’s Legal Education and Uniform Laws Group
R. Wilson Freyermuth
John D. Lawson Professor
Curators’ Teaching Professor
University of Missouri School of Law
215 Hulston Hall
Columbia, MO 65201
(573) 882-1105
freyermuthr@missouri.edu
I tried to register but it is full.
Same here. Hopefully it will be added to the archvies before long.
RailWAYS versus RailROADS
RailWAY - Originally financed by a BRITISH BANK
RailROAD - Originally financed by an AMERICAN BANK
