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LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Real Estate Legal News
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Florida Beachfront Property Owners File Class Action Seeking Damages From Spill
PENSACOLA, Fla. - Owners of Florida beachfront property on July 30 filed a class action lawsuit in Florida federal court seeking damages as a result of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill (Michelle West, et al. v. BP PLC, et al., No. 10-cv-274, N.D. Fla.).
Florida Couple Files Class Action Seeking Damages From Oil Spill
TAMPA, Fla. - A Sarasota County, Fla., couple on July 9 filed a class action lawsuit in Florida federal court seeking damages resulting from a diminution of property value because of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill (Thomas Murphy, et al. v. BP PLC, et al., No. 10-cv-01521, M.D. Fla.)....
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6th Circuit: City's Threat Of Litigation Is Sufficient Notice For Due Process
CINCINNATI - Reversing a lower court decision, a Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel held Aug. 20 that government officials did not violate a couple's due process rights with a construction stop-work order because they warned the couple of possible litigation, which would have allowed the couple to be...
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Washington Appeals Panel: No Vested Right With Out- Of-Compliance Application
SPOKANE, Wash. - Because a proposed development application did not meet a county's comprehensive plan when submitted in 1994, a Washington state appellate panel on Aug. 10 affirmed a lower court's finding that the developer did not have a vested right in the 1994 zoning, but instead had to comply...
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N.J. Appeals Panel: Local Board's Interpretation Of Zoning Ordinance Is Invalid
TRENTON, N.J. - Holding that a municipal board's interpretation of the language in a zoning ordinance is unsupported grammatically, a New Jersey appeals court panel on Aug. 19 affirmed in an unpublished opinion a lower court's finding that the ordinance does not allow private structures in an environmentally sensitive beach...
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