Legal Opinion

East-Bibb Twiggs Neighborhood Association, Robert Moffett and Roscoe Ross v. MacOn Bibb Planning & Zoning Commission and Mullis Tree Service

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided November 30, 1989No. 89-8148PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HATCHETT, Circuit Judge:

In this appeal brought by residents of an area in which a Georgia county plans to locate a landfill, the district court dismissed as “not ripe” due process and taking claims, and ruled against the residents, after a bench trial, on an equal protection claim. We affirm.

I. FACTS

On May 14, 1986, the Mullis Tree Service (“Mullis”) applied to the Macon-Bibb County Planning and Zoning Commission (“the Commission”) for a conditional use permit to operate a “non-putrescible” landfill in Macon, Georgia. A non-putrescible landfill contains wood, paper, and other items that do…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1977
  2. Williamson County Regional Planning Commission v. Hamilton Bank of Johnson CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  3. Patsy v. Board of Regents of Fla.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
  4. First English Evangelical Lutheran Church v. County of Los AngelesSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  5. Atlantic Land & Improvement Company v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1986

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Bickerstaff Clay Products Co. v. Harris County Ex Rel. Board of CommissionersCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1996
  2. Villas of Lake Jackson, Ltd. v. Leon CountyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1997
  3. Estate of Himelstein v. City of Fort WayneCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
  4. Estate of HimelsteinCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
  5. TJ's South, Inc. v. Town of LowellDistrict Court, N.D. Indiana · 1995

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