CHACON v. GRANATA

No. 74-3295.

515 F.2d 922 (1975)

Joseph CHACON, Jr., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Sam GRANATA et al., and Randolph Air Force Base, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 28, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Earle Cobb, Jr., San Antonio, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Edgar Pfeil, San Antonio, Tex., for Sam Granata, and others.

William S. Sessions, U. S. Atty., Edward M. Johnson, Asst. U. S. Atty., San Antonio, Tex., for Randolph Air Force Base.

Wallace H. Johnson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jacques B. Gelin, Lawrence E. Shearer, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendants-appellees.

Before CLARK, Associate Justice, and GOLDBERG and AINSWORTH, Circuit Judges.


AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge:

In this case involving the annexation of outlying private lands by the City of San Antonio, Texas, we must determine whether the District Court erred in denying all relief and dismissing plaintiffs' complaint, which alleged that the annexation is the first step in an unconstitutional plan by the City and nearby Randolph Air Force Base to take plaintiffs' land without just compensation.

I. Factual Background

Plaintiffs are...

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