Westgate, Ltd. v. State

July 1, 1992

Governmental accountability is the true issue before us in this inverse condemnation case. Today’s opinion implicitly acknowledges that this objective is furthered by openness in governmental decisionmak-ing and the availability of meaningful judicial remedies for abuse of governmental power. Yet the majority wrongfully deprives the business involved here1 of any *460chance to hold these particular bureaucracies responsible for their alleged bad faith. This business is left with no remedy for what may have been an improper delay.2

I write today because of concerns about the majority’s…