Legal Opinion
Board of County Supervisors v. Carper
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided March 16, 1959No. Record 4865, 4869PublishedCited by 68 opinions
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtFAnson, J.
G. Wallace Carper and thirty-one owners of six thousand acres of land in Fairfax county, hereinafter referred to as the appellees, filed this suit for a declaratory judgment, pursuant to § 8-578, 1950 Code, against the Board of County Supervisors, the seven individual members of the Board, the County Executive, and the Commonwealth’s Attorney of the county, praying that the amendment to the Fairfax county zoning law known as the “Freehill Amendment,” adopted by the county Board on August 1, 1956, be declared invalid, void and unconstitutional on the ground that the two-acre lot restriction in…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Simon v. Town of NeedhamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942
- West Bros. Brick Co. v. City of AlexandriaSupreme Court of Virginia · 1937
- Board of County Sup'rs of Fairfax County v. DavisSupreme Court of Virginia · 1958
3Cited by68 opinions
- Associated Home Builders of Greater Eastbay, Inc. v. City of LivermoreCalifornia Supreme Court · 1976
- Board of Appeals of Hanover v. Housing Appeals Comm.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
- Construction Industry Association of Sonoma County, a California Nonprofit Corporation v. The City of Petaluma, a California Charter CityCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1975
- Cupp v. Board of SupervisorsSupreme Court of Virginia · 1984
- Board of Supervisors v. Snell Construction Corp.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1974
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