By Paul Maryniak | Ahwatukee Foothill News
The lawyer for Ahwatukee Lakes Golf Course owner Wilson Gee’s company has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to consider “whether a court order requiring the owner of private property to operate a business on the private property violates the involuntary servitude provision of the Thirteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution.”
In a 16-page petition filed last week, attorney Daniel Maynard said that while Covenants Conditions & Restrictions for years have required property owners to maintain their property, “this case requires much more.”
“The Appellate Court’s opinion requires the owner to spend millions of dollars to build a golf course and then to operate a business on the property,” he wrote, referring to the Arizona Court of Appeals.
