CITY OF SUWANEE v. SETTLES BRIDGE FARM, LLC

No. S12A1599.

738 S.E.2d 597 (2013)

292 Ga. 434

CITY OF SUWANEE v. SETTLES BRIDGE FARM, LLC.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

February 18, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laurel E. Henderson , Henderson & Hundley, P.C., Decatur, Gregory David Jay , Chandler, Britt, Jay & Beck, LLC, Buford, for appellant.

Thomas Monroe Mitchell , Carothers & Mitchell, LLC, Buford, for amicus curiae appellant.

Gerald Davidson, Jr. , John David Gussio , Andrew Dorsey Stancil , Richard Lee Tucker, Jr. , Mahaffey Pickens Tucker, LLP, Lawrenceville, for appellee.


HUNSTEIN, Chief Justice.

Appellant City of Suwanee appeals the judgment rendered against it in an inverse condemnation action brought by Appellee Settles Bridge Farm, LLC. At the conclusion of a bench trial, the trial court found that the City of Suwanee's enactment of an amendment to its zoning ordinance had effected an unconstitutional regulatory taking of a large parcel of land owned by Settles Bridge and awarded Settles Bridge more than $1.8 million in damages...

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