Legal Opinion
Allen v. Coffel
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided December 4, 1972No. 25734, 25737PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SHANGLER, Chief Judge.
The plaintiffs filed, successively, a Petition for Review under Section 89.110, V. A.M.S., and then a Petition for Declaratory Judgment, each of which undertook to challenge the legality of two zoning ordinances enacted by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Peculiar. The trial court dismissed the Petition for Review upon the ground that the statutory review by writ of certiorari was not an appropriate remedy to test the lawfulness of the exercise of the legislative function. The trial court dismissed the Petition for Declaratory Judgment upon the ground that the…
2Cases cited29 opinions
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- Borough of Cresskill v. Borough of DumontSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1954
- Wolpe v. PoretskyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1944
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3Cited by38 opinions
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