Legal Opinion
Rafferty v. District of Columbia Zoning Commission
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided December 3, 1990No. 89-384PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHWELB, Associate Judge:
Petitioners Angene G. Rafferty and Joseph R. Rafferty have asked us to review an order of the District of Columbia Zoning Commission denying their application to modify the architectural plans of a previously approved planned unit development (PUD) so that they might construct a two-story addition to the rear of their house. Their most important contention 1 is that the Commission should be precluded by principles of estoppel from withholding its assent because the District issued a building permit to the Raffertys authorizing the proposed construction and because the…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Kleppe v. Sierra ClubSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Office of Personnel Management v. RichmondSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- Parreco v. District of Columbia Rental Housing CommissionDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1989
- Citizens Ass'n of Georgetown, Inc. v. District of Columbia Zoning CommissionDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
- Dietrich v. District of Columbia Board of Zoning AdjustmentDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1972
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3Cited by25 opinions
- District of Columbia v. Wical Ltd. PartnershipDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1993
- Glenbrook Road Ass'n v. District of Columbia Board of Zoning AdjustmentDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1992
- Speyer v. BarryDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1991
- Powell Ex Rel. Ricks v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1993
- Watergate East Committee Against Hotel Conversion to Co-Op Apartments v. District of Columbia Zoning CommissionDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2008
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