Legal Opinion

Horn v. City of Birmingham

Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama

Decided October 14, 1994No. AV93000104PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

This is an appeal from an order denying an award of attorney fees.

Browning Ferris Industries ("BFI") sought to establish a waste transfer station on a piece of property that it owned in the Titusville community, in Birmingham, Alabama. The director of the Urban Planning Department of the City of Birmingham ("Planning Department") ruled that BFI's proposed use of the subject property complied with the City's zoning law and regulations and did not require approval of the Birmingham City Council.

The plaintiffs, six citizens who resided in the Titusville community, filed an application with the…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Mills v. Electric Auto-Lite Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
  2. Reynolds v. First Alabama Bank of MontgomerySupreme Court of Alabama · 1985
  3. Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1990
  4. Bell v. the Birmingham News Co.Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1991
  5. Advertiser Co. v. Auburn UniversityCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1991

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Ex Parte HornSupreme Court of Alabama · 1998
  2. City of Birmingham v. HornSupreme Court of Alabama · 2001
  3. ALABAMA DEM v. Town of LowndesboroCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 2005
  4. Horn v. City of BirminghamCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1997
  5. Horn v. City of BirminghamSupreme Court of Alabama · 1998

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