Legal Opinion
Edwards v. City of Jonesboro
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 14, 2011No. 10-2405PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COLLOTON, Circuit Judge.
Harvey Edwards sued the City of Jonesboro, its mayor, and the members of its city council, alleging that methane gas from a city landfill invaded a tract of land owned by Edwards and so reduced its value as to amount to a taking of the property by the City. He sought just compensation under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments, other compensatory damages, punitive damages, and injunctive relief. The district court 1 dismissed Edwards’s claims, and we affirm.
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According to the complaint, Edwards acquired a thirty-acre tract of land in Craig-head County, Arkansas, in 1977,…
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