Legal Opinion

Downing v. City of Joplin

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided April 14, 1958No. 46409PublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

STOCKARD, Commissioner.

The City of Joplin, Missouri, has appealed from the judgment of the circuit 'court, rendered in respondents’ suit for a declaratory judgment, which held inapplicable to respondents’ .property the classification of District “D” (Local Business District), as provided by the comprehensive zoning ordinance of the city, said judgment being based on the determination that “such restriction is unreasonable and constitutes a violation of the 14th Amendment of the Constitution of the United States and of Section 10, Article I of the Constitution of the State of Missouri.”. The…

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2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Nectow v. City of CambridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
  2. State v. City of North Kansas CitySupreme Court of Missouri · 1950
  3. Flora Realty & Investment Co. v. City of LadueSupreme Court of Missouri · 1952
  4. State Ex Rel. Oliver Cadillac Co. v. ChristopherSupreme Court of Missouri · 1927
  5. Women's Kansas City St. Andrew Soc. v. Kansas City, Mo.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1932

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3Cited by27 opinions

  1. Hoffmann v. KinealySupreme Court of Missouri · 1965
  2. Huttig v. City of Richmond HeightsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1963
  3. Parking Systems, Inc. v. Kansas City Downtown Redevelopment Corp.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1974
  4. Strandberg v. Kansas CitySupreme Court of Missouri · 1967
  5. State Ex Rel. American Oil Co. v. BessentWisconsin Supreme Court · 1965

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