Daniel H. Wood and Barbara H. Wood v. City of East Providence

BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

This appeal concerns alleged constitutional violations by a Rhode Island municipality of a landowner’s right under state law to repurchase property taken for school purposes which was not so used and was subsequently sold by the municipality to a private developer. Plaintiffs-appellants, Daniel and Barbara Wood, owned 8.52 acres of land that were condemned in 1967 by the School Committee of the City of East Providence so that a school could be constructed on the premises. In August 1967, the Woods received $27,175 as fair market value compensation for the taking. At the…