Legal Opinion
WRW Properties, LLC v. City of Shreveport
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided January 16, 2013No. 47,657-CAPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDrew, J.
1/We decide here whether this record justifies the district court’s affirmation of the Shreveport City Council’s rejection of an application for a building site plan. We hold that it does not, and reverse.
This is not a zoning dispute, and it is not a separation of powers matter. This case is about a city council arbitrarily preventing a property owner from using its property exactly as zoned. This record does not support this blatant violation of plaintiff corporation’s use by right.
Several years after the subject property was zoned 1-1 (Light Industrial), an adjoining tract was zoned for…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Jenkins v. St. Tammany Parish Police JurySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1999
- D'Argent Properties, LLC v. City of ShreveportLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2009
- Urban Housing of America, Inc. v. City of ShreveportLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2009
3Cited by3 opinions
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- G & H Development, LLC v. PenwellDistrict Court, W.D. Louisiana · 2014
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