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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND GEORGE W. LEGG v. THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF DORCHESTER COUNTY * * * Civil No. JFM-02-533 * * * ***** OPINION This action was originally instituted by George W. Legg, III, against the County Commissioners of Dorchester County, ("the County") in the Circuit Court for Dorchester County, Maryland. Legg asserts claims for inverse condemnation under the federal and the Maryland constitutions, nuisance, and negligence arising out of the possible migration of leachate1 and methane gas into Legg's land from an adjacent landfill owned by Dorchester County. The County removed the action to this court on the basis of Legg's federal inverse condemnation claim. The County has now filed a motion to dismiss on limitations grounds. I will grant the motion as to Legg's federal inverse condemnation claim and remand the action to the Circuit Court for Dorchester County for final resolution of Legg's state law claims. I. Until 1991, Legg's grandmother, Freida M. Richardson, and the Freida M. Richardson Family Limited Partnership (the "Partnership") owned a parcel of land near Secretary, Maryland. (Compl.

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