Legal Opinion
Wilcox v. City of Pittsburgh
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided June 30, 1941No. 7604PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLARK, Circuit Judge.
The history of our tardy copying of the European system of municipal improvement is well-known.1 Our ugly, unhealthy and dangerous centers of population have been one of the now admittedly unfortunate results of the wrong kind of “rugged individualism”. The city of Pittsburgh joined the procession in 1923 by taking advantage of Pennsylvania’s authorization statute of 1919.2 It enacted a general zoning ordinance which authorized the making a zoning map.3 That ordinance so far as as it affects the case at bar provided for single dwellings.4 After sixteen years of quiescence…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Dobbins v. Los AngelesSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
- Miller v. Board of Public Works of Los AngelesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1925
- Reichelderfer v. QuinnSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Austin v. OlderMichigan Supreme Court · 1938
- Skalko v. City of SunnyvaleCalifornia Supreme Court · 1939
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Shellburne, Inc. v. New Castle CountyDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1968
- 6th Camden Corp. v. Evesham Tp., Burlington Cty.District Court, D. New Jersey · 1976
- Bliss v. City of Fort WorthCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1956
- Polk v. AxtonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1948
- Barrington v. City of ShermanCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1941
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