Gardner v. City of Baltimore Mayor

OPINION

WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:

This case involves another local land-use dispute that has landed in federal court through 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The issue presented by this litigation is strikingly familiar: appellants claim that they were denied substantive due process by the failure of various Baltimore city officials to approve proposals for residential development of particular property. We reject this claim. Because Baltimore’s land-use regulations granted discretion to city officials with regard to approval of the proposed development, appellants possessed no property interest protected by…