Donnelly v. District of Columbia Redevelopment Land Agency

WASHINGTON, Circuit Judge.

The principal issue in these cases is whether plaintiff-appellant’s properties may be acquired by condemnation by the appellee Redevelopment Land Agency as a part of its “Area C” program for Southwest Washington. It appears that the planners decided to develop the waterfront area along a portion of Maine Avenue, S.W., as well as the blighted areas near it. Appellant’s properties, lying between the waterfront and the area of blight, were deemed necessary to the proper completion of the comprehensive plan. The authorities duly adopted the plan, and began to carry it…