Legal Opinion
Urbanizadora Versalles, Inc. v. Miguel A. Rivera Rios
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 2, 1983No. 82-1228PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.
In 1967, the Puerto Rico Department of Public Works (now the Department of Transportation and Public Works) drew up and filed an “official map” laying out a proposed highway through the City of Ponce. Such a map has been described as “an old but not very widely used device for restricting the use of real property in order to insure orderly community development.” 7 P. Rohan, Zoning and Land Use Controls § 46.01 at 46-1 (1982). Its legal effect is not to condemn land 1 but rather to reserve it for future public improvements or condemnation. Thus if a landowner…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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- Railroad Comm'n of Tex. v. Pullman Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Burford v. Sun Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Patsy v. Board of Regents of Fla.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Wisconsin v. ConstantineauSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Culebras Enterprises Corp. v. Miguel A. Rivera RiosCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1987
- Ipcia M. Kercado-Melendez v. Awilda Aponte-Roque, Etc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1987
- Katherine Amen, Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants v. City of Dearborn, a Municipal Corporation, Defendants-Appellants-Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1983
- David B. Miller v. Town of Hull, Massachusetts, Etc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1989
- Department of Transp. v. WeisenfeldDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1993
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