Legal Opinion

Brown v. City of Upper Arlington

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided March 25, 2011No. 09-4396PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

SUTTON, Circuit Judge.

A tree once grew in Upper Arlington. When the City decided to cut it down, the adjacent homeowner protested. First in front of the City’s Tree Commission, then in state court, ultimately in federal court, the parties vied over the propriety of removing the tree and eventually over whether the courts should enjoin the City from moving ahead with its plans. Soon after the federal district court ruled in favor of the City, a group of City employees, over the protest of the homeowner, removed the 40-year-old tree. The homeowner was not pleased, having lost not just…

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3Cited by8 opinions

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  5. Brown v. City of Upper ArlingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2011

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