Legal Opinion
MacOn Ass'n for Retarded Citizens v. MacOn-bibb County Planning & Zoning Commission
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided April 4, 1984No. 40623PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Marshall, Presiding Justice.
The Macon Association for Retarded Citizens, a nonprofit organization which is governmentally financed, submitted a petition to the Macon-Bibb County Planning and Zoning Commission (the Commission) requesting that the Commission amend its Comprehensive Land Development Resolution for Macon and Bibb County (Resolution) so as to permit homes under the Community Services Act for the Mentally Retarded (Ga. L. 1972, p. 700 et seq.; OCGA § 37-5-1 et seq. (Code Ann. § 99-3301)) in zoning districts in which such usages would otherwise be prohibited. The Commission denied…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Village of Belle Terre v. BoraasSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Penobscot Area Housing Development Corp. v. City of BrewerSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1981
- Region 10 Client Management, Inc. v. Town of HampsteadSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1980
- Evans v. Just Open GovernmentSupreme Court of Georgia · 1979
- Birdsey v. Wesleyan CollegeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1955
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3Cited by28 opinions
- City of Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Doe v. City of ButlerCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1989
- Blevins v. Barry-Lawrence County Ass'n for Retarded CitizensSupreme Court of Missouri · 1986
- City of Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Board of Child Care of the Baltimore Annual Conference of the Methodist Church, Inc. v. HarkerCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1989
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