The Outlaw Northland Swales? CA8 OK’s Inverse Judgment For City’s Denial Of Use (Which Also Failed Equal Protection Rational Basis Review)

Worth checking out: Northland Management & Constr., LLC v. City of Parkland , No. 25-2239 (Aug. 3, 2026), from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, hich affirmed the district court&rsquo;s conclusion after a bench trial that the city had inversely condemned Northland&rsquo;s property (under Missouri law) because the city denied a certificate of occupancy. The city approved a…