In 2000, several property owners in the Seven Oaks Subdivision (Odenton, MD; School District 1, Transportation District 4) investigated why, given the fees, schools remained old and overcrowded and roads choked and unexpanded.
That investigation led to a Class Action Lawsuit after discovery that, in fact, many of the transportation fees had not been either spent or refunded, and many of the school funds had been used for replacement schools (with no capacity increases), and county-wide temporary relocatable classrooms (often called "trailers"), both of which were prohibited uses under the impact fee ordinance.
The Class Action was originally termed as Cambridge Commons, Et Al v. Anne Arundel County, Maryland with the name taken from one of class representatives, Halle Development, Inc., and is now known as Halle Development, Inc., Et Al, v. Anne Arundel County, Maryland.
Halle was the original developer of Seven Oaks, and continues to own property there. The class action is not for Halle, the developer, but for Halle, the property owner, and the additional class representatives include typical residential property owners throughout the county.
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