Legal Opinion
Town of Atherton v. Superior Court
California Court of Appeal
Decided April 17, 1958No. Civ. 18064PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRAY, J
Petitioner seeks writ of prohibition to restrain the Superior Court of San Mateo County from proceeding in an action in eminent domain now pending in that court, numbered 76501, brought by Menlo Park School District * against certain parties, in which said respondent seeks to condemn certain lands in said town of Atherton for school purposes. †
Questions Presented
Do the zoning ordinances of a municipality control the right of a school district in which the municipality is included, to designate the location of its schools? Corollary to this are the questions (a) Is a school district a…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Hall v. City of TaftCalifornia Supreme Court · 1956
- Zahn v. Board of Public Works of Los AngelesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1925
- Hurst v. City of BurlingameCalifornia Supreme Court · 1929
- Kentucky Institution for Blind v. City of LouisvilleCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1906
- C. J. Kubach Co. v. McGuireCalifornia Supreme Court · 1926
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3Cited by37 opinions
- Jackson v. HayakawaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1982
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- Board of Regents of the Universities & State College v. City of TempeArizona Supreme Court · 1960
- Tustin Heights Assn. v. BD. OF SUPERVISORS OF ORANGE CTY.California Court of Appeal · 1959
- Regents of University of California v. City of Santa MonicaCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1978
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