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151566P.pdf 02/24/2016 Affordable Communities of MO v. Federal Nat'l Mortgage Assoc.
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 15-1566
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - St. Louis
[PUBLISHED] [Murphy, Author, with Smith and Benton, Circuit Judges]
Civil case - Contracts. For the court's prior opinion in the matter, see
Affordable Communities of Mo. v. Fed. Nat'l Mortgage Ass'n, et al., 714
F.3d. 1069 (8th Cir. 2013). The district court did not err in finding that
the property in question was not sold in lieu of condemnation as the
seller had already decided to sell the property before receiving a letter
from the City of St. Louis threatening condemnation; further the evidence
supported the court's finding that the seller had requested the letter
merely to gain a tax advantage; district court properly determined that
the voluntary payment doctrine precluded plaintiff from recovering on its
breach of contract claim.