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· 5/7/2004

Town of Flower Mound v. Stafford Estates Ltd. Partnership

Citations

  • 135 S.W.3d 620
  • 47 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 497
  • 2004 Tex. LEXIS 437
  • 2004 WL 1048331

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  • holding that a compensable taking occurred when the town conditioned development approval on the developer’s rebuilding and improving of a public street
  • holding that the Town’s monetary exaction was not roughly proportional because the rationale for it was too abstract and because the town provided no real evidence of impact
  • noting that there is no practical difference between conditional approval and denial for want of a condition
  • holding inverse-condemnation claim under article 1, section 17 of Texas Constitution provided just compensation for taking and therefore precluded federal just-compensation claim using section 1983
  • noting that there is no practical difference between conditional approval and denial for want of a condition
  • noting that there is no practical difference between A approval on condition and denial for want of the condition @

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Judges: Hecht

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