Legal Opinion
City of Bridgeton v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided March 8, 1976No. Nos. 58772, 58773PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MORGAN, Judge.
The initial and perhaps dispositive issue before this court is the right of one resident of the City of Bridgeton to intervene after entry of judgment in two lawsuits, consolidated for purposes of trial, wherein said city was a losing party and elected not to appeal. The trial court denied intervention.
Both cases arose out of a zoning dispute in said city involving land contiguous to the Earth City development project in St. Louis County. The city had rezoned certain land from residential to industrial use in order to permit the construction of a railroad spur to serve the Earth…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Village of Belle Terre v. BoraasSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Hobson v. HansenDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1968
- Kellog v. Joint Council of Women's Auxiliaries Welfare Ass'nSupreme Court of Missouri · 1954
- Zeitinger v. Hargadine-Mckittrick Dry Goods Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1923
- Geigel v. Sea Land Service, Inc.District Court, D. Puerto Rico · 1968
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Bolin v. AndersMissouri Court of Appeals · 1977
- Model Housing & Development Corp. v. Collector of RevenueMissouri Court of Appeals · 1979
- Underwood v. St. Joseph Board of Zoning AdjustmentMissouri Court of Appeals · 2012
- Kranz v. Centropolis Crusher, Inc.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1982
- State ex rel. Dolgin's, Inc. v. BolinMissouri Court of Appeals · 1979
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