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Beasley v. Potter

District Court, W.D. Michigan

Decided July 29, 1980No. G74-48 CA5PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

DOUGLAS W. HILLMAN, District Judge.

This is a civil rights action for money damages arising out of the enforcement of a zoning ordinance against a black-owned business in Ionia County, Michigan, and the subsequent denial of a variance by the Ionia County Zoning Commission, in 1972 and 1973. Plaintiffs Percy Beasley, Charles Morris, and Albert Holloway are three black men, and the former officers and sole shareholders of a Michigan corporation, Beasley-Morris Asphalt Paving Corporation (hereinafter B-M Corp.), now apparently dissolved. Defendants Dale Potter, Frank Sharp, Burton Stencil,…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1977
  2. Washington v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. Penn Central Transportation Co. v. New York CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  4. Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
  5. Personnel Administrator of Mass. v. FeeneySupreme Court of the United States · 1979

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Heath Township v. SallMichigan Supreme Court · 1993
  2. Walker v. City of Kansas City, Mo.District Court, W.D. Missouri · 1988
  3. Rodgers v. Board of County CommissionersColorado Court of Appeals · 2013
  4. Heath Township v. SallMichigan Supreme Court · 1993

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