Legal Opinion
Charles Goss v. City of Little Rock, Arkansas, Charles Goss v. City of Little Rock, Arkansas
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided October 1, 1998No. 97-2652, 97-2790PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWMAN, Chief Judge.
Charles Goss owned 3.7 acres in the city of Little Rock, Arkansas. Little Rock’s zoning laws classified Goss’s property as residential. In 1993, Goss filed an application requesting that the city rezone his property as commercial. Little Rock’s Planning Commission recommended that the City Board of Directors approve Goss’s request only if Goss would dedicate to the city 22 percent of his property to be used for the expansion of an adjacent highway. Goss did not agree to this condition, and the City Board denied his application for rezoning.
Goss then sued Little Rock in the…
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