Legal Opinion
Richard Reahard Ann P. Reahard v. Lee County
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided October 19, 1994No. 93-2743PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge:
At issue in this case is the constitutionality of the developmental regulations placed on an approximately 40 acre tract of waterfront land in Lee County, Florida. Because we hold that the federal courts lack jurisdiction on ripeness grounds, we REVERSE the judgment of the district court, and REMAND this case to the district court with instructions to remand the cause to the state court from which it was removed.
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In 1944, appellee Richard Reahard’s parents purchased a 540 acre tract of land in Lee County, Florida. Over the next, three decades, his parents made use and…
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