Legal Opinion
Freeman v. City of Dallas
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 23, 1999No. 97-10907PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DENNIS, Circuit Judge:
This case presents the questions of whether the seizure and destruction of the Plaintiffs’ vacant apartment buildings by the City of Dallas, as “urban nuisances,” based only on the findings and order of a panel of the City’s Urban Rehabilitation Standards Board: (1) violated the Due Process Clauses of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments because the owners were not given an opportunity for an adversary hearing before a neutral magistrate and a judicial determination prior to the seizure and destruction of their real property; and (2) violated the Fourth Amendment, because…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Richardson v. PeralesSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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- Daniels v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Charles Freeman and Rosalyn Brown, Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants v. City of Dallas, Defendant-Appellant-Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2001
- Brooks v. SaucedaDistrict Court, D. Kansas · 2000
- Swindle v. Livingston Parish School BoardCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2011
- Como v. CITY OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS, Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)2011
- Kinnison v. City of San AntonioDistrict Court, W.D. Texas · 2010
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