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BD. OF SUP'RS OF PR. WILL. v. OMNI HOMES

Record Nos. 960508, 960471.

481 S.E.2d 460 (1997)

253 Va. 59

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, v. OMNI HOMES, INC. OMNI HOMES, INC., v. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

January 10, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark A. Moorstein, Manassas (James A. Yergin, Fairfax, on briefs), for appellant in No. 960471 and appellee in No. 960508.

Gifford R. Hampshire, Assistant County Attorney (Sharon E. Pandak, County Attorney, Stephen A. MacIsaac, Deputy County Attorney, on brief), for appellee in No. 960471 and appellant in No. 960508.

Virginia Association of Counties (C. Flippo Hicks, on brief), Virginia Municipal League (Howard W. Dobbins; Williams, Mullen, Christian & Dobbins, on brief), Local Government Attorneys of Virginia, Inc. (Roger C. Wiley; Hefty & Wiley, on brief), Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner (James S. Gilmore, III, Attorney General; John P. Woodley, Jr., Deputy Atty. Gen.; James F. Hayes, Senior Asst. Atty. Gen., on brief), Amicus Curiae in support of appellant.

Present: All the Justices.

LACY, Justice.

In this appeal, we consider a property owner's claim that government action constituted an uncompensated taking of property in violation of the Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution or Article I, § 11 of the Constitution of Virginia.

In 1986, Omni Homes, Inc. (Omni) executed a contract to purchase a 72.68-acre parcel of unimproved land located in Prince William County and, in 1989, bought the parcel for $436,091. The property...

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