United States Fifth Circuit
CITY OF SHREVEPORT v. SHREVE TOWN CORP., 01-30783
Entry of final judgment under FRCP 54(b), allowing a city to expropriate a corporation's property, is affirmed because the city possesses a substantive power to expropriate land for the valid public purpose of economic development.
Appellate Information
- Decided 12/26/2002
- Published 12/26/2002
Judges
- CARL E. STEWART, Circuit Judge:, Before DeMOSS, STEWART and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Fifth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellees:
- Charles G. Tutt (argued), Tutt & Bordelon, Calton Gary Mitchell, Shreveport, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Billy R. Pesnell (argued), Hargrove, Pesnell & Wyatt, Shreveport, LA, Michael T. LeSage, Paso Robles, CA, for Defendant-Appellant.