Legal Opinion
Spanich v. City of Livonia
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided January 12, 1959No. Docket 54, Calendar 47,710PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKavanagh, J.
The opinion of the trial court follows :
“This is an action brought by plaintiff to restrain the city of Livonia from enforcing its zoning ordinance insofar as it applies to the industrial property owned and used by plaintiff in a manufacturing" operation.
“The city of Livonia has run a zoning district boundary line across plaintiff’s lot of record so as to cut off its rear or southerly portion, thereby creating of this segment a small rectangle, 330 by 500 feet, limited to residential uses. Under the zoning which obtained prior to the city’s action, all of plaintiff’s 330 by 1,300 foot parcel…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Nectow v. City of CambridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
- Arverne Bay Construction Co. v. ThatcherNew York Court of Appeals · 1938
- Brae Burn, Inc. v. City of Bloomfield HillsMichigan Supreme Court · 1957
- Austin v. OlderMichigan Supreme Court · 1938
- City of North Muskegon v. MillerMichigan Supreme Court · 1929
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3Cited by23 opinions
- AMG Associates v. Township of SpringfieldSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1974
- Electri-Tech, Inc. v. H F Campbell Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1989
- Bevan v. Brandon TownshipMichigan Supreme Court · 1991
- Dequindre Development Co. v. Charter Township of WarrenMichigan Supreme Court · 1960
- Sabo v. Monroe TownshipMichigan Supreme Court · 1975
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