Legal Opinion
Lewis Traylor v. City of Amarillo, Texas, William R. Curtis v. City of Amarillo, Texas
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 19, 1974No. 73-2047PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:
Exercising its power to abate unrepaired nuisances, the City of Amarillo, Texas, demolished without compensation property belonging to each of the plaintiffs-appellants. They filed separate civil rights suits in federal court against the city, the mayor, the city manager, and four members of the City Commission, challenging the constitutionality of the city’s actions seeking monetary, injunctive, and declaratory relief. The suits were consolidated for trial and have remained so on this appeal. A jury was empanelled, but at the close of the evidence on liability the…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Pierson v. RaySupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Moor v. County of AlamedaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Goldblatt v. Town of HempsteadSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
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3Cited by27 opinions
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- Southpark Square Limited, a Mississippi Corporation v. City of Jackson, Mississippi, State Highway Department of the State of MississippiCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- Charles Freeman and Rosalyn Brown, Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants v. City of Dallas, Defendant-Appellant-Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2001
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