GDF Realty Invs., Ltd. v. Norton

ELR Citation: ELR 20103
No(s). A 00 CA 369 SS (W.D. Tex. Aug 30, 2001)

The court holds that the take provision of the Endangered Species Act (ESA), as applied to landowners, does not violate the U.S. Commerce Clause. After purchasing property, the landowners sought to develop it, but were prevented from doing so because of the restrictions placed on the land under the ...