Legal Opinion
City of St. Paul, a Municipal Corporation v. Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway Company, and Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 2, 1969No. 19151_1PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEANEY, Circuit Judge.
The City of St. Paul appeals from a judgment enjoining the enforcement of an amendatory zoning ordinance restricting building heights in a downtown river front area and adjudging the rezoning unconstitutional.
The rezoned area includes a city park which stretches more than three blocks along the edge of a sharp bluff overlooking the Mississippi River and Valley. The appellees’ property lies from forty to ninety feet below the surface of the park at the foot of the bluff and is separated from the Mississippi River by railroad tracks and a waterfront street.1
The ordinance…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. MahonSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Berman v. ParkerSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Goldblatt v. Town of HempsteadSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Hadacheck v. SebastianSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
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3Cited by13 opinions
- 6th Camden Corp. v. Evesham Tp., Burlington Cty.District Court, D. New Jersey · 1976
- R. J. Higginbotham and Mrs. Mary S. Dennis v. E. W. Barrett and E. P. EllisonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- Anaconda Company v. RuckelshausDistrict Court, D. Colorado · 1972
- Mayor and City Council of Baltimore v. Mano SwartzCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1973
- Izaak Walton League of America v. St. ClairDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 1973
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