Legal Opinion
Women's Kansas City St. Andrew Soc. v. Kansas City
District Court, W.D. Missouri
Decided July 20, 1931No. 1529PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REEVES, District Judge.
This is an action to enjoin the defendant from interfering with the plaintiff in its conduct of a home for aged and dependent white women. For its liberation for said purpose it seeks to have this court declare certain provisions of a zoning ordinance of the defendant unconstitutional. A state statute is in like manner assailed.
In June, 1923, the defendant enacted a comprehensive zoning ordinance “for the promotion of the public health, safety, convenience, comfort, prosperity and general welfare.” By such ordinance restrictions and regulations were placed upon the…
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- Zahn v. Board of Public WorksSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
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3Cited by4 opinions
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- Dennis v. Village of Tonka BayDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 1946