Mark Weinberg Randy Powers Elizabeth Powers v. Whatcom County Nathan W. Brown

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• holding that the district court did not err in granting summary judgment where the plaintiff failed to offer evidence of damages, an element of his tort claims
• holding 17 that the plaintiff’s private interest in previously-approved plots of land and corresponding 18 entitlement to permits was “considerable”
• noting that proof of damages is an essential element of 9 breach of contract claims, contractual breach of implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing 10 claims, and negligent misrepresentation claims
• affirming grant of summary judgment on negligence claim for plaintiff’s failure to offer any proof damages, which was essential element of negligence claim under Washington law
• affirming summary judgment where plaintiff “failed to offer competent evidence of damages” for all claims for which plaintiff “bore the burden of establishing the amount of actual harm”
• dismissing substantive due process claim because it was subsumed into also filed takings claim

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