Legal Opinion
Ranjel v. City of Lansing
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided October 28, 1969No. 19333PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Per curiam
The suit was brought in the District Court by poor black and Mexican-Americans to enjoin a referendum on a “spot” zoning ordinance enacted by the Council of the City of Lansing, which ordinance rezoned a twenty-acre site at Jolly and Cedar Streets in a white neighborhood in said City, from a zoning classification of “A” One Family Residential district to a community unit plan which would consist of one hundred low rent townhouse units and a low rent five-story apartment building containing one hundred fifty units for the elderly.
The rezoning had been applied for by a private developer who had…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Reitman v. MulkeySupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Free v. BlandSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Hunter v. EricksonSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Mulkey v. ReitmanCalifornia Supreme Court · 1966
- Otey v. Common Council of City of MilwaukeeDistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1968
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Southern Alameda Spanish Speaking Organization (Also Known as Sasso) v. City of Union City, CaliforniaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1970
- United States v. City of Parma, OhioDistrict Court, N.D. Ohio · 1980
- Bracco v. LacknerDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1978
- State Ex Rel. Althouse v. City of MadisonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1977
- Artie Mahaley v. Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority, and Cityof EuclidCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1974
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