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201728P.pdf   03/16/2021  John Pietsch  v.  Ward County
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  20-1728
   U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota - Western   
   [PUBLISHED] [Benton, Author, with Loken and Kelly, Circuit Judges] 
   Civil case - Civil rights. Plaintiffs claimed the County's right-of-way 
   dedication ordinance violated their procedural due process rights under 
   the Fifth and Fourteenths Amendments, and the district court granted the 
   County defendants summary judgment. Held: plaintiffs have a remedy for 
   unconstitutional exactions under the Takings Clause and cannot claim a 
   redundant remedy under the due process clauses; the ordinance did not 
   violate the Due Process Clause because it promotes the government's 
   interest in providing public roads and is not irrational; plaintiffs 
   received procedural due process because they were given notice of the 
   proposed government action and an opportunity to be heard.