Hidden Oaks Limited, Hidden Oaks Limited, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. The City of Austin, Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee

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• affirming dismissal of apartment complex’s takings claim for lack of jurisdiction where plaintiff’s“failure to follow through with any formal process of appeal” constituted a lack of finality
• affirming dismissal of apartment complex’s takings claim for lack of jurisdiction where plaintiff’ s“failure to follow through with any formal process of appeal” constituted a lack of finality
• quoting Dawsey v. Olin Corp., 782 F.2d 1254, 1261 (5th Cir. 1986)
• upholding the trial court’s refusal to allow a witness to give expert testimony on the value of land when the witness was not a licensed appraiser or real estate broker and was unfamiliar with standard appraisal methods
• instructing courts to distinguish between procedural due process claims that involve allegations of deprivations “ancillary” to or “arising from” a takings claim from those claims “whose main thrust . . . is not a claim for a taking.”
• “Under this analysis, the hallmark of property ... is an individual entitlement grounded in state law, which cannot be removed except for cause.” (internal quotation marks and citations omitted)

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