Legal Opinion
Villas of Lake Jackson, Ltd. v. Leon County
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided September 8, 1997No. 95-3698PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RONEY, Senior Circuit Judge:
The plaintiff landowners here are attempting to establish a constitutional cause of action against the County because the rezoning of the landowners’ real property took away their right to build high-density apartment complexes. On summary judgment, in a comprehensive and well-reasoned 62-page opinion, the Magistrate Judge to whom the case was submitted held that(1) the due process taking claim fails because there is no such federal cause of action independent of a claim for relief under the Takings Clause of the Constitution,(2) the arbitrary and capricious due…
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3Cited by23 opinions
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