Legal Opinion

Elsmere Park Club, L.P. v. Town of Elsmere

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided September 9, 2008No. 07-1821PublishedCited by 84 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

AMBRO, Circuit Judge.

We decide whether the Town of El-smere, Delaware, violated Elsmere Park Club’s procedural due process rights under the Fourteenth Amendment to our Constitution when the Town condemned the Club’s apartment complex without offering a predeprivation hearing. We hold that the Town did not run afoul of the Constitution because postdeprivation process was all that was required given the circumstances of this case. Because the Town provided adequate postdeprivation process by way of an administrative appeal, and the Club failed to avail itself of that…

2Cases cited17 opinions

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  2. Parratt v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  3. Fuentes v. ShevinSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  4. Zinermon v. BurchSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  5. Armstrong v. ManzoSupreme Court of the United States · 1965

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3Cited by84 opinions

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