Legal Opinion
CONTRA COSTA THEATRE, INC. v. City of Concord
District Court, N.D. California
Decided November 26, 1980No. C-80-3564-WWSPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
WILLIAM W. SCHWARZER, District Judge.
Plaintiff unsuccessfully applied for a permit to the defendant city’s planning department for a use that admittedly conflicted with existing zoning ordinances and with the city’s amended redevelopment plan. Alleging that the hearing it was accorded on the permit application was a sham, plaintiff seeks to recover damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for the deprivation of its constitutional rights to due process and equal protection.
DUE PROCESS
The requirements of due process apply only to the deprivation of interests encompassed by the fourteenth amendment’s…
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