Legal Opinion
James E. Hernandez v. City of Lafayette
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 1, 1981No. 80-3160PublishedCited by 176 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:
In this § 1983 action, plaintiff, James E. Hernandez, appeals from the district court’s granting of summary judgment in favor of defendants, the City of Lafayette, Louisiana, and its mayor. The plaintiff alleged that the city, through its zoning ordinances and its failure to rezone his land, had deprived him of property without due process of law and without just compensation under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments. The district court granted defendants’ motion for judgment on the pleadings, which was converted to a motion for summary judgment by the plaintiff’s…
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