Legal Opinion
Wright v. DeFatta
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided March 25, 1963No. 46322PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SUMMERS, Justice.
Twelve individual property owners seek an injunction against Anthony P. DeFatta, the owner of adjacent or neighboring property, to abate the violation of a comprehensive zoning ordinance of the city of Shreveport. Alternatively, the plaintiffs sought to compel the city of Shreveport, by mandamus, to take appropriate action to abate the violation. The suit’s object is to compel the removal of twelve single-family tenant dwellings installed since enactment of the zoning ordinance on eight city lots owned by defendant, seven dwellings having been situated on these lots prior to…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Utah Junk Co. v. PorterSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Guyton v. YanceySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1960
- Kellog v. Joint Council of Women's Auxiliaries Welfare Ass'nSupreme Court of Missouri · 1954
- Carrere v. Orleans ClubSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1948
- Yanow v. Seven Oaks Park, Inc.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1951
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3Cited by20 opinions
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- City of Crowley v. PrejeanLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1965
- City of West Monroe v. OUACHITA ASS'N, ETC.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1981
- D'Argent Properties, LLC v. City of ShreveportLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2009
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