Legal Opinion
Plaza Mobile & Modular Homes, Inc. v. Town of Colchester
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided March 20, 1986No. Civ. H-82-979(MJB)PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
BLUMENFELD, Senior District Judge.
RULING ON DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
This case presents the issue of the application of the “state action” exemption of the Sherman Antitrust Act to a local government’s decision to amend its zoning regulations.
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On March 17, 1982 representatives of Plaza Mobile and Modular Homes (“Plaza Mobile”), a land development company and a plaintiff herein, presented to the Zoning Commission of the Town of Colchester, Connecticut (the “Town”) a preliminary plan to construct a mobile home park on a tract of land Plaza Mobile had recently purchased in the…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Parker v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- City of Lafayette v. Louisiana Power & Light Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Hadacheck v. SebastianSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Town of Hallie v. City of Eau ClaireSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Plaza Mobile v. Town of ColchesterCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1986