Fifth Circuit: Williamson County Doesn't Require District Court Dismiss Due Process Or Takings Claim

A short, but published, opinion from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. In Archbold-Garrett v. New Orleans, No. 17-30692 (June 22, 2018), the court held that the plaintiffs' Fourth Amendment, Fifth Amendment, and Fourteenth Amendment claims (search and seizure, compensation, and procedural due process) were ripe for federal court, even though the plaintiffs had not sought compensation in a Louisiana court under Louisiana law.  Quick background: the city demolished a building the plaintiffs owned which they had purchased from the city at a lien sale. The prior owner had racked up a bunch of code enforcement fines, and the city claimed the building was dangerous and should come down. But after the sale to the plaintiffs and days before the demolition, the city cancelled the code enforcement lien. Predictably, the city sent the new owners a bill for the demolition. They sued in federal court, arguing they didn't have notice of the impending demolition,…

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