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Johann v. Town of East Hampton

Posted 2018
About This Legal Opinion

Citizens filed suit to block a land sale claiming that the Town had expressly or impliedly dedicated the property as a park, which could not be sold without approval of the state legislature. The court held that even if special injury had not been established, plaintiffs would have standing.

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