Opinion ID: 1302860
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Heading: constitutional and environmental claims

Text: Plaintiffs advocate that Defendants' termination of cabin site leases resulted in the following constitutional violations. 1. Substantive Due Process 2. Procedural Due Process 3. Equal Protection 4. 42 U.S.C. § 1983. They also assert that the decision to terminate cabin site leases will be injurious to the environment in that removal of cabins will cause permanent damage. We view resolution of the estoppel issue and its related inquiries a necessary prerequisite to any review of these claims. If Plaintiffs are successful in proving their estoppel cause of action, environmental and constitutional claims may be rendered moot. Also, because termination of cabin site permits was never previously considered by this Court from a constitutional posture, we observe that there is a difference between an initial grant of a permit and the termination of a permit once granted. Due process requirements accompanying each situation vary and may be further affected by the factual findings entered at the circuit court level. As these claims are not judicially ripe, we therefore decline to specifically address them [5] and leave their resolution, if necessary, to the circuit court upon remand.