Legal Opinion
Diocese of Rochester v. Planning Board
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 11, 1956PublishedCited by 133 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFroessel, J.
This is an appeal pursuant to leave of the Appellate Division, Fourth Department, from an order of that court which unanimously affirmed an order, entered in an article 78 proceeding, of Special Term, Monroe County. Special Term dismissed the petition on the merits on the ground that no , triable issue of fact had been raised, and affirmed respondents’ decisions denying petitioners’ application for a permit to build a church and school with necessary accessory uses and for a variance.
Petitioners allege that the population of the Town of Brighton (a suburb of Rochester) has been rapidly…
2Cases cited38 opinions
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