Legal Opinion

Ehrlander v. State, Department of Transportation & Public Facilities

Alaska Supreme Court

Decided October 25, 1990No. S-3129, S-3361 and S-3383PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

MATTHEWS, Chief Justice.

INTRODUCTION

This case arises out of the denial of a request to subdivide real property located in Fairbanks. The owner of the property, appellant Lars Ehrlander, seeks inverse *631condemnation against the State of Alaska Department of Transportation (DOT). The trial court entered summary judgment in favor of DOT.

FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

Ehrlander, a real estate developer, purchased unimproved property zoned by the Fairbanks North Star Borough for high-density housing. When he purchased it, he knew that part of the property lay within a corridor in which DOT was…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Selby Realty Co. v. City of San BuenaventuraCalifornia Supreme Court · 1973
  2. Klopping v. City of WhittierCalifornia Supreme Court · 1972
  3. Ransom v. HanerAlaska Supreme Court · 1961
  4. Thomas E. Foster and Georgia Lee Foster, and Cross-Appellants v. City of Detroit, Michigan, and Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1968
  5. Conroy-Prugh Glass Co. v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Westgate, Ltd. v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1992
  2. City of Kenai v. BurnettAlaska Supreme Court · 1993
  3. Plumber v. University of Alaska AnchorageAlaska Supreme Court · 1997
  4. R & Y, INC. v. Municipality of AnchorageAlaska Supreme Court · 2001
  5. Vanek v. STATE, BOARD OF FISHERIESAlaska Supreme Court · 2008

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