Legal Opinion
Joiner v. City of Dallas
District Court, N.D. Texas
Decided August 16, 1974No. CA 3-4322-BPublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
2Per curiam
Threatened with loss of their homes and property, plaintiffs have come to this court for help in stopping the municipal bulldozer. They present a multifaceted challenge to the constitutionality of Vernon’s Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. arts. 3264-3271, which outline the statutory procedure governing the appropriation of property through eminent domain, and art. 6081e, which grants to municipal corporations the authority to' commence eminent domain proceedings for various purposes. They urge condemnation of these statutes for violating the strictures of the Due Process and Equal…
3Cases cited96 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Younger v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Morrissey v. BrewerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Goldberg v. KellySupreme Court of the United States · 1970
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4Cited by35 opinions
- Alfonse Reichenberger v. Rev. Richard PritchardCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1981
- Gregory A. Ahrensfeld and Mariluann H. Ahrensfeld, His Wife v. Donald StephensCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1975
- Duty Free Shop, Inc. v. Administracion De Terrenos De Puerto RicoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1989
- Muskegon Theatres, Inc., a Michigan Corporation v. City of Muskegon, a Municipal Corporation, and the Amazon Company, a Michigan CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1974
- Nika Corp. v. City of Kansas City, Mo.District Court, W.D. Missouri · 1984
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