Legal Opinion
Sullivan v. Town of Salem
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided November 10, 1986No. 994, Docket 85-9072PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEORGE C. PRATT, Circuit Judge:
We are mindful that federal courts should not become zoning boards of appeal to review nonconstitutional land use determinations by the circuit’s many local legislative and administrative agencies. Federal judges lack the knowledge of and sensitivity to local conditions necessary to a proper balancing of the complex factors that enter into local zoning decisions. Even were we blessed with the requisite knowledge and sensitivity, due regard for the constitutional role of the federal courts in our dual judicial system would permit us to exercise jurisdiction in…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Hudson v. PalmerSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Parratt v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
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3Cited by66 opinions
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- Zahra v. Town Of SoutholdCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1995
- Charles M. Grossman, M.D. v. City of Portland, a Public Body, and Todd DavisCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1994
- Villager Pond, Inc. v. Town Of DarienCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1995
- Norbert C. Pearson, Also Known as Spike v. City of Grand Blanc, J. Larry TomlinsonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1992
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