State ex rel. Gaydosh v. City of Twinsburg

In 1998, appellees Moreland Hills Development Company, Developers Diversified Builders, Inc., Bert L. Wolstein & Michael Miller, W & M Properties, and Heritage Development Company (collectively referred to as “Moreland Hills”) filed an action for damages against appellee city of Twinsburg and others in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Eastern Division. Moreland Hills claimed that the city had acted in an arbitrary and capricious manner in reducing residential housing density and had engaged in invidious discrimination concerning its development standards.

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