Legal Opinion
SHEFFIELD DEVEL. CO. INC. v. City of Glenn Heights
Texas Supreme Court
Decided March 5, 2004No. 02-0033PublishedCited by 175 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hecht
After a twelve-month moratorium on development, the City of Glenn Heights rezoned undeveloped property owned by Sheffield Development Co., reducing the number of residences that could be built on the property. Sheffield contends that the moratorium and the “downzoning” each constituted a taking of its property without adequate compensation in violation of article I, section 17 of the Texas Constitution. 1 Sheffield separately requests a declaration that its development rights became vested when it submitted an application during an earlier hiatus in the moratorium. Following a bench trial on…
2Cases cited35 opinions
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