Legal Opinion
Beacon Hill Farm Associates II Limited Partnership, a Virginia Limited Partnership v. The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors County of Loudoun
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided May 26, 1989No. 88-3894PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WIDENER, Circuit Judge:
This case comes to us on appeal from the district court’s grant of Loudoun County’s motion to dismiss because the cause was not ripe for adjudication. We vacate and remand the case to the district court for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.
On December 21, 1987, to protect environmentally sensitive land areas, Loudoun County amended its general zoning ordinance to provide for a “Mountainside Development Overlay District.” 1 The stated purpose of this zoning ordinance is:
to regulate land use and development on the mountainsides of the County, in such a…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Williamson County Regional Planning Commission v. Hamilton Bank of Johnson CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- United Public Workers of America v. MitchellSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Hodel v. Virginia Surface Mining & Reclamation Assn., Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Agins v. City of TiburonSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Mayhew v. Town of SunnyvaleTexas Supreme Court · 1998
- Smithfield Concerned Citizens for Fair Zoning v. The Town of Smithfield, Etc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990
- Esposito v. South Carolina Coastal CouncilCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1991
- Klemic v. Dominion Transmission, Inc.District Court, W.D. Virginia · 2015
- Taylor v. Village of N. Palm BeachDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1995
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