Legal Opinion
Potomac Development Corp. v. District of Columbia
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided September 15, 2011No. 10-CV-632PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EPSTEIN, Associate Judge,
Superior Court of the District of Columbia:
The principal issues in this case involve a claim that the District of Columbia effectively took private property even though the owner kept the legal right to use or sell it. A government may accomplish a de facto taking if it announces its intent to take property through an eminent domain proceeding, but then engages in extraordinary delay that leaves the property owner in limbo and results in severe economic harm. In their complaint, however, appellants do not allege facts from which such a de facto taking can plausibly be…
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