Legal Opinion

Snow v. City of Memphis

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided April 9, 1975PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

FONES, Chief Justice.

These two cases were consolidated for oral argument, and will be disposed of in one opinion.

All plaintiffs, except the tenant-plaintiffs, are owners of real property containing two or more rental units used for dwelling purposes. Such property is defined as commercial property in Article II, Section 28(c) of the Constitution of Tennessee, as a result of the well known and much litigated Question 3 amendment.

Plaintiffs Snow, et al., filed a declaratory judgment action in the Chancery Court of Shelby County, asserting that the Constitutional Convention of 1971…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Lehnhausen v. Lake Shore Auto Parts Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1973
  2. Allied Stores of Ohio, Inc. v. BowersSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
  3. State Bd. of Tax Commr's of Ind. v. JacksonSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  4. Brown-Forman Co. v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1910
  5. Southwestern Oil Co. v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1910

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Highwoods Properties, Inc. v. City of MemphisTennessee Supreme Court · 2009
  2. Paty v. McDanielTennessee Supreme Court · 1977
  3. Sherwood Co. v. ClaryTennessee Supreme Court · 1987
  4. Dixie Rents, Inc. v. City of MemphisCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1979
  5. Castlewood, Inc. v. Anderson CountyTennessee Supreme Court · 1998

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