Legal Opinion

City of Greenfield v. Butts

Court of Appeals of Tennessee

Decided February 12, 1979PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SUMMERS, Judge.

This action was brought by five municipal corporations located in Weakley County, in conjunction with other citizens and residents of the municipalities, in the Chancery Court of Weakley County, Tennessee. The suit sought to have the Quarterly Court of Weakley County restrained and enjoined from assessing and collecting taxes against the property owned by residents of the municipalities as long as the streets and roads within the municipalities were excluded from any benefit derived from the collection of real property taxes authorized by Chapter 640 of the Private Acts of the…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Shapiro v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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  4. Skinner v. Oklahoma Ex Rel. WilliamsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  5. McDonald v. Board of Election Comm'rs of ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1969

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3Cited by2 opinions

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