SPROUL v. CITY OF WOOSTER

No. 86-3781.

840 F.2d 1267 (1988)

Robert G. SPROUL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF WOOSTER, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided February 26, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael T. Gavin, Eli Manos (argued), Mansour, Gavin, Gerlack & Manos, Cleveland, Ohio, for plaintiff-appellant.

Daniel J. O'Loughlin (argued), Maria Codinach, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, Cleveland, Ohio, H. Lloyd Cornelius, Director of Law, City of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio, for defendant-appellee.

Before MERRITT, MARTIN and WELLFORD, Circuit Judges.


WELLFORD, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Sproul is a real estate developer who obtained an option on substantial acreage located primarily in Wayne Township, Ohio. Most of the acreage adjoins the defendant City of Wooster city limits, but two acres under option were actually in Wooster. Sproul acquired these options intending to construct a shopping center and residential development on the site. Before the project could come to fruition, however, it was necessary to secure...

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