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WILLARD v. CITY OF BEAUMONT

No. 84-2453 Summary Calendar.

761 F.2d 1100 (1985)

Joseph W. WILLARD, Jr., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The CITY OF BEAUMONT, a Political Sub-Division of the State of Texas and Kenneth Wall, City Attorney, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 3, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elmo R. Willard, III, Beaumont, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Tony L. Chauveaux, Beaumont, Tex., for defendants-appellees.

Lane Nichols, City Atty., Beaumont, Tex., for City of Beaumont & Kenneth Wall.

Before GEE, JOHNSON and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Plaintiffs brought this action for damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, et seq. asserting that defendants took plaintiffs' property without compensation, in violation of rights secured to the plaintiffs by the fifth and fourteenth amendments. The district court dismissed plaintiffs' complaint for failure to state a claim. We affirm.

I.

The City of Beaumont, Texas, purchased a 246-acre tract of land from defendants, W.A. Hebert III and...

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