Dunwoody Homeowners Association, Inc. v. Dekalb County, Georgia

The Dunwoody Homeowners Association (DHA) and several individual homeowners appeal the dismissal of their § 1983 complaint for failure to state a claim. We affirm.

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FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS BELOW

This appeal is the culmination of a rather complicated series of events involving a land use dispute. In 1987, Paragon Group, Inc. (Paragon) filed a request for a zoning change with the DeKalb County Board of Commissioners (Board). The Board granted Paragon’s request.

DHA and several individual homeowners (hereinafter collectively referred to as DHA) opposed to the zoning change filed suit in Georgia state…