Legal Opinion
Brand v. Wilson
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided April 4, 1984No. 40681PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Weltner, Justice.
The owners of property adjoining land rezoned by the county commissioner of Cherokee County filed a complaint to set aside a rezoning classification. The complaint was met by a motion to dismiss for want of standing, which was denied. Thereafter, the trial court granted the relief sought, and remanded the case to the zoning authority.
1. This case presents, once again, the troublesome issue of the standing of neighbors to contest the action of zoning authorities. Our more recent cases relating to this issue are Wyman v. Popham, 252 Ga. 247 (312 SE2d 795) (1984) and Lindsey…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Cross v. Hall CountySupreme Court of Georgia · 1977
- Lindsey Creek Area Civic Ass'n v. Consolidated GovernmentSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
- Tate v. StephensSupreme Court of Georgia · 1980
- Brock v. Hall CountySupreme Court of Georgia · 1977
- Warshaw v. City of AtlantaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1983
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Emory University v. LevitasSupreme Court of Georgia · 1991
- State v. AganSupreme Court of Georgia · 1989
- Hollberg v. Spalding CountyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2006
- McClure v. DavidsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1988
- DeKalb County v. WapenskySupreme Court of Georgia · 1984
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