Legal Opinion
Williamson County Regional Planning Commission v. Hamilton Bank of Johnson City
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 28, 1985No. 84-4PublishedCited by 2,459 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Blackmun
Respondent, the owner of a tract of land it was developing as a residential subdivision, sued petitioners, the Williamson County (Tennessee) Regional Planning Commission and its members and staff, in United States District Court, alleging that petitioners’ application of various zoning laws and regulations to respondent’s property amounted to a “taking” of that property. At trial, the jury agreed and awarded respondent $350,000 as just compensation for the “taking.” Although the jury’s verdict was rejected by the District Court, which granted a judgment notwithstanding the verdict to…
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