New Orleans Redevelopment Authority v. Pittman

JOAN BERNARD ARMSTRONG, Chief Judge.

|TThe defendant-appellant, James M. Pittman, appeals a judgment denying his petition to annul a judgment of expropriation in favor of the plaintiff-appellee, New Orleans Redevelopment Authority (“NORA”). We affirm.

On September 15, 2000 the New Orleans Department of Health declared the immovable properties located at 4970 St. Claude Avenue and 1030-32 to be blighted. On December 17, 2003, NORA entered into an *894after acquired purchase contract with Holy Cross College, Inc. d/b/a Holy Cross School (“Holy Cross”) for those two properties.

In October of 2004, NORA…