Legal Opinion
Mayor of Savannah v. Savannah Cigarette & Amusement Services, Inc.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided October 15, 1996No. S96A0875PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hines, Justice.
We granted the Mayor & Aldermen of the City of Savannah interlocutory review of the denial of the City’s motion to dismiss this action claiming inverse condemnation from an unconstitutional taking of property as the result of rezoning.
Savannah Cigarette & Amusement Services, Inc. owned real property in the City of Savannah, and in 1992 leased a building on the property to a tenant planning to operate a neighborhood lounge. In September 1993, the Metropolitan Planning Commission recommended the rezoning of a portion of the City which included Savannah Cigarette’s property, and…
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