Legal Opinion
Kelly Samson v. City of Bainbridge Island
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 15, 2012No. 10-35352PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PAEZ, Circuit Judge:
“Full indeed is earth of woes, and full the sea,” remarked Hesiod, 1 and reviewing the long odyssey of Kelly and Sally Samson, we are inclined to agree. The pair own waterfront property in picturesque Blakely Harbor in the City of Bainbridge Island. They devoutly wished to build a pier or a dock on their property during a time when local authorities had imposed a moratorium on such projects. The Sam-sons and some of their fellow landowners waged a long campaign against the moratorium in the state courts, and ultimately won a judgment declaring that the moratorium…
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