Legal Opinion
City of Tulsa v. Swanson
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided November 28, 1961No. 39296PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WELCH, Justice.
Following repeated unsuccessful attempts to secure from municipal authorities a reclassification of their land, L. L. Swanson and Nina Swanson, husband and wife, instituted this action to permanently enjoin the City of Tulsa from prohibiting a commercial use of their property which was then zoned in a single family residential district. While the action remained pending, the Tulsa Metropolitan Area Planning Commission proceeded, of its own accord, to “re-study” the surrounding land area, and thereafter, an amendatory ordinance No. 8804 was passed. By the terms of this ordinance…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Nectow v. City of CambridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
- Lockard v. City of Los AngelesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1949
- Beveridge v. Harper & Turner Oil TrustSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1934
- Oklahoma City v. BarclaySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1960
- Royal Baking Co. v. Oklahoma CitySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1938
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Nucholls v. Board of Adjustment of City of TulsaSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1977
- Vinson v. MedleySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1987
- O'ROURKE v. City of TulsaSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1969
- Rubi v. 49'er Country Club Estates, Inc.Court of Appeals of Arizona · 1968
- Twist v. KaySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1967
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