The District of Columbia Court of Appeals has issued yet another opinion about the redevelopment taking of Skyland Shopping Center.
DeSilva v. District of Columbia, No. 10-CV-1069 (Feb. 24, 2011) is not a compelling opinion, nor even a very interesting read; but it is worth a few minutes of your time since it is the tail end of a long-running tale, and what seems to be the end game in a situation that has resulted in at least five other opinions: Rumber v. District of Columbia, 487 F.3d 941 (D.C. Cir. 2007); Franco v. National Capital Revitalization Comm’n, 930 A.2d 160 (D.C. 2007); Franco v. District of Columbia, 3 A.3d 300 (D.C. 2010); and Rumber v. District of Columbia, No. 09-7035 (D.C. Cir. Feb. 26, 2010) (per curiam); and Oh v. National Capital Revitalization Corp., 7 A.3d 997 (D.C. 2010).