Legal Opinion
City of Hammond v. Red Top Trucking Co., Inc.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided August 26, 1980No. 3-578A101PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
YOUNG, Presiding Judge.
Appellee Red Top Trucking Co. challenged the validity of Hammond ordinances no. 3089 and no. 4137. The trial court held, inter alia, that all of the first ordinance and a portion of the second were unconstitutional. We affirm.
On July 1, 1975, Red Top applied to the City of Hammond for a permit to excavate sand. Shell Oil Co. owned the land in question. At the time material to this lawsuit Red Top was negotiating to buy the land. Red Top did not want to complete the purchase without having secured the desired permit. Excavation was an appropriate use of this land under…
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- Jacks v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1979
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