Also known as: projects · projected · projecting
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A planned undertaking or development, typically involving construction, land improvement, or business operations.
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Priscilla Parks seeks a permit to expand her retail store by adding square footage. The city conditions approval on her dedicating a strip of land for a public greenway and bike path. The court examines whether the required dedication is roughly proportional to the traffic and other impacts created by the store expansion project.
Perry Pratt, a Pennsylvania resident, sues a New York railroad company in federal court after suffering injury while walking near tracks during a track maintenance project. The court must decide whether to apply Pennsylvania tort standards or federal common law to determine the railroad's duty of care on its right of way.
Patrick Phan owns several parcels in an economically distressed area. The city condemns the land as part of a comprehensive redevelopment project that will transfer the property to private developers for new commercial uses. The court assesses whether the taking satisfies the public use requirement because the project is rationally related to a legitimate public purpose.
Pablo Perez proposes a multifamily housing development in a village that has historically excluded such projects. Village officials deny the rezoning request after public opposition. The court evaluates whether the denial was motivated by discriminatory intent or produced a disparate impact on protected groups under fair housing standards.
Peter Park and his partner seek to marry so they can jointly sponsor a community development project that provides housing for same-sex couples. State officials refuse to issue the license. The court determines whether the state's exclusion from marriage violates the fundamental right to marry under the Due Process Clause.
Phuong Pham's utility company applies for a license to build a nuclear power plant. The agency adopts informal procedures to consider environmental impacts of the project without formal rulemaking. The court reviews whether the agency exceeded its authority by choosing procedures beyond those required by statute.
The city must show both an essential nexus between the dedication and the project's impacts and rough proportionality between the exaction's nature and extent and those impacts.
…promotes a way of life, not causes; a harmony in living, not political faiths; a bilateral loyalty, not commercial or social projects. Yet it is an association for as noble a purpose as any involved in our prior decisions.” Id. , at 486. And in Turner , the Court again acknowledged the intimate association protected by…