Legal Opinion

Yorkdale Corp. v. Powell

Court of Appeals of Maryland

Decided January 5, 1965No. [No. 353, September Term, 1963.]PublishedCited by 59 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Hammond, J.,

delivered the majority opinion of the Court. Prescott, Horney and Marbury, JJ., dissent. Dissenting opinion by Prescott, J., at page 134, infra.

Yorkdale Corporation, the appellant, which in 1960 acquired some five acres of land on the east side of York Road about a mile south of Towson (all but about an acre, which was zoned for one or two-family residential use, was zoned for apartment use), asked the Zoning Commissioner of Baltimore County in 1963 to reclassify the residentially zoned acre to apartment use, to grant a special exception for an elevator apartment, to grant a…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Burlington Truck Lines, Inc. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
  2. Ziffrin, Inc. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
  3. Day v. DayCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1865
  4. Thomas v. Police CommissionerCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1956
  5. Keller v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1858

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3Cited by59 opinions

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  4. Unnamed Physician v. Commission on Medical DisciplineCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1979
  5. McCallum v. Inland Wetlands CommissionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1985

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