Legal Opinion
Horizon Concepts, Inc., a Texas Corporation v. City of Balch Springs
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 16, 1986No. 85-1411PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge:
The question is whether a zoning ordinance regulating modular home construction violates the Fourteenth Amendment. We hold that the ordinance is constitutional on its face and as applied to the plaintiff.
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Horizon Concepts, Inc. builds modular houses. Horizon produces large components or “modules” of its houses at a factory and assembles them at the site on a permanent foundation. Like houses built using conventional methods, modular houses vary in size, design, and quality.
Horizon purchased 19 lots in the Spring Oaks subdivision of Balch Springs in 1982. In September…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- City of Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1985
- City of New Orleans v. DukesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Vance v. BradleySupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Minnesota v. Clover Leaf Creamery Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1981
- City of Brookside Village v. ComeauTexas Supreme Court · 1982
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Norbert C. Pearson, Also Known as Spike v. City of Grand Blanc, J. Larry TomlinsonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1992
- FM Properties Operating Co. v. City of AustinCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996
- Night Clubs, Inc. v. City Of Fort SmithCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1998
- Jackson Court Condominiums, Inc. v. City of New OrleansCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1989
- Long Island Lighting Co. v. CuomoDistrict Court, N.D. New York · 1987
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