Is a Pretextual Taking Invalid? Not if you say it is for a park.
The first paragraph in Brinkmann v. Town of Southold, 2024 U.S. App. LEXIS 5994 (2nd Cir. 2024), may have gotten some takings mavens excited about pretextual takings, when the court stated The Defendant Town of Southold ("Southold" or the "Town") authorized the creation of a park on a parcel to be taken by eminent domain [...]