Legal Opinion
Zealy v. City of Waukesha
Court of Appeals of Wisconsin
Decided May 17, 1995No. 93-2831PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
The dispute here concerns how courts should measure compensation to a landowner when the government reclassifies a portion of the landowner's parcel as conservancy in order to protect diminishing wetlands. The challenging landowner in this case primarily claims that when part of a parcel's zoning classification is changed to conservancy, the courts should treat that portion as though it has been constructively taken and the government should pay accordingly. The government responds that a taking does not occur when a zoning reclassification restricts the use of only a portion of the parcel if…
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