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CITY OF GLENN HEIGHTS v. SHEFFIELD DEVELOPMENT CO.

No. 10-99-232-CV.

61 S.W.3d 634 (2001)

CITY OF GLENN HEIGHTS, Appellant, v. SHEFFIELD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, INC., Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Waco.

Rehearing Overruled November 28, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert F. Brown, Bickerstaff, Heath, Smiley, Pollan, Kever & McDaniel, L.L.P., Dallas, for appellant.

Arthur J. Anderson, Christine Moseley, Winstead, Secrest & Minick, P.C., Dallas, for appellee.

Before Chief Justice DAVIS, Justice VANCE, and Justice GRAY.

OPINION

GRAY, Justice.

This is a regulatory takings case. The broad issue we must decide is whether the government is required to pay the landowner for the adverse effect of zoning regulations including a temporary moratorium. On this issue, based on the facts of this case, we hold the landowner is entitled to payment.

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

The history of this dispute can be separated into three general time periods. Those three time periods...

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