Legal Opinion
Marks v. City Council of City of Chesapeake, Va.
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided May 31, 1988No. Civ. A. 83-286-NPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
DOUMAR, District Judge.
Plaintiff, Steven John Marks, filed this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 after the defendant, the City of Chesapeake, Virginia, denied his request for a conditional use permit to operate a fortune telling and palmistry business (a business permitted with a license specified under the Chesapeake City Code) on property he was attempting to purchase. The issue raised is whether the Chesapeake City Council (city council) applied the local land use ordinance in an arbitrary and capricious manner, bearing no reasonable relationship to health, safety and…
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