Litz v. Maryland Department of the Environment

Gail B. Litz v. Maryland Department of the Environment, et al., No. 23, September Term, 2015. Opinion by Harrell, J. EMINENT DOMAIN – INVERSE CONDEMNATION “Inverse condemnation” is a shorthand description of an action by which a landowner seeks just compensation for a taking of his or her property in the absence of formal condemnation proceedings. See Coll. Bowl, Inc. v. Mayor & City Council Of Baltimore, 394 Md. 482, 489,

907 A.2d 153, 157

(2006). It is possible for a plaintiff to state a claim for inverse condemnation by pleading governmental inaction in the face of an affirmative duty to…