Legal Opinion
DeCook v. Rochester International Airport Joint Zoning Board
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided March 30, 2011No. A09-969PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ANDERSON, G. BARRY, Justice.
This case arises from an airport zoning ordinance enacted in 2002 by appellant Rochester International Airport Joint Zoning Board. The ordinance increased the size of a runway safety zone that extended over property owned by respondents Leon S. and Judith M. DeCook. The ordinance also changed the restrictions within the safety zone to allow fewer land uses on the DeCooks’ property and other land within *302the zone. The DeCooks alleged in an inverse-condemnation action that the Board’s decision constituted a taking or damaging of private property for public use…
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