BRAUN v. ANN ARBOR CHARTER TP.

No. 07-1370.

519 F.3d 564 (2008)

Charles and Catherine BRAUN, husband and wife, Edward and Muriel Pardon, husband and wife, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ANN ARBOR CHARTER TOWNSHIP, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: March 13, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: J. David Breemer, Pacific Legal Foundation, Sacramento, California, for Appellants. Thomas R. Meagher, Foster, Swift, Collins & Smith, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: J. David Breemer, Pacific Legal Foundation, Sacramento, California, Joseph W. Phillips, Conlin, McKenney & Philbrick, Ann Arbor, Michigan, for Appellants. Thomas R. Meagher, Foster, Swift, Collins & Smith, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellee.

Before: MERRITT, GILMAN, and COOK, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

MERRITT, Circuit Judge.

I.

In this Takings Clause and Due Process case, landowners who sought to rezone their farmland for a trailer park and other residential development challenge the district court's order granting the defendant Township's motion for summary judgment. The district court held that the plaintiffs' Takings Clause claim was not ripe for review in the federal courts due to the rule of Williamson County v. Hamilton Bank...

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