ELR Citation: ELR 20058
No(s). 05-1058 (D.D.C. Mar 22, 2006)

A court dismisses property owners' claims that the District of Columbia, through the use of eminent domain, instituted an unconstitutional taking of their property. An ongoing condemnation proceeding before the Washington, D.C., Superior Court provides an adequate opportunity for one of the property owners to raise his federal claims. And the remaining property owners' claims were dismissed as unripe because the city has not yet executed a taking of their property.