Legal Opinion

Ruiz v. New Garden Township

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided July 26, 2004No. 02-4434PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McKEE, Circuit Judge.

We are asked to review an order of the district court enjoining New Garden Township and its employees (“the Township”) from enforcing a zoning enforcement notice that would have resulted in the eviction of plaintiff tenants.1 The plaintiffs requested the injunction pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 arguing that the Township had violated their Fourteenth Amendment right to procedural due process in failing to notify them of a zoning hearing into whether their landlord was violating certain zoning ordinances by allowing mobile homes on property not zoned for residential use. We…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. United States v. Petty Motor Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1946
  3. Joseph C. Shields v. John ZuccariniCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2001
  4. Chad S. Gass v. Virgin Islands Telephone Corporation, Raco, Incorporated, and Ann Marie EstesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2002
  5. Ameristeel Corp. v. Inter. Broth. of TeamstersCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2001

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Pappas v. City of LebanonDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 2004
  2. Sterling v. Redevelopment AuthorityDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 2011
  3. Jones v. Rochester City School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2017
  4. Pappas v. City of LebanonDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 2004
  5. Ruiz v. New Garden TownshipCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2004

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