Legal Opinion
Seward Chapel, Inc. v. City of Seward
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided November 26, 1982No. 5729PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RABINOWITZ, Justice.
1. OVERVIEW
This appeal presents a zoning dispute of constitutional magnitude between Seward Chapel, Inc. 1 and the City of Seward. 2 The principal issue on appeal is whether the federal or Alaska constitutions, or both, compel the city to allow Seward Chapel to operate a parochial school in its church building notwithstanding a zoning ordinance which excludes all nonpublic schools from the residential area in which Seward Chapel’s building is located. We conclude that the ordinance is constitutionally permissible.
II. FACTS
The case is set in a residential subdivision…
2Cases cited50 opinions
- Cantwell v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Wisconsin v. YoderSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Pierce v. Society of SistersSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Sherbert v. VernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Swanner v. Anchorage Equal Rights CommissionAlaska Supreme Court · 1994
- Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1997
- Griswold v. City of HomerAlaska Supreme Court · 1996
- State v. SkurdalMontana Supreme Court · 1988
- Congregation Kol Ami v. Abington TownshipCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2002
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