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Edukid, LP v. City of Plano

Posted June 2, 2025
About This Legal Opinion

Appellate court affirms that a hike and bike trail is a public purpose for which condemnation by eminent domain may be used by City, citing a statute that expressly identified parks and playgrounds as public uses, and noting that the trail at issue was in essence a linear park.

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