Coogan v. Parish of Jefferson

This is a zoning dispute over property in Jefferson Parish zoned R-3, multifamily residential. An Exxon Corporation service station once operated on the site. The station had been closed for over a year on October 25, 1977, when Exxon filed a petition to have the zoning changed from R-3 to C-l,1 commercial. Plaintiffs had made an offer to purchase in August contingent on the rezoning being granted. The Jefferson Parish Council denied the request on March 18, 1978. Plaintiffs, Patricia Coogan and William Stephan Lambert, purchased the property on August 21, 1978. On September 6, 1978,…