Suess Builders Co. v. City of Beaverton

Plaintiffs appeal an adverse judgment on their inverse condemnation and 42 USC § 1983 (1982) claims. The claim for inverse condemnation seeks just compensation for property that allegedly has been taken in fact for public use and is based on the Oregon Constitution, Article I, section 18, and the Fifth Amendment, made applicable to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment. The claim under 42 USC § 1983 (1982) incorporates the factual allegations of the inverse condemnation claim and seeks damages for deprivation of property rights protected by the federal constitution. Plaintiffs’ taking…