R. Douglas Hughes v. New Life Development Corporation

How courts have described this case

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• holding, \[w]e are permitted to take judicial notice of the facts from earlier proceedings in the same action.\
• noting that the concept of a developer employing restrictive covenants to privately control land use is well- recognized
• holding a court may take judicial notice of facts established at an earlier proceeding in the same action
• explaining that the rules for interpreting corporate charters are “generally the same as those that govern the construction and interpretation of statutes, contracts, and other written instruments”
• providing that when interpreting a corporate charter, we must “give effect to the intent of the parties as revealed by the language of the charter and the circumstances surrounding its creation”
• affirming the “right to own, use, and enjoy private property” where restrictive covenants were at issue

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).