Legal Opinion
City of Aurora v. Burns
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided December 16, 1925No. 16137. Decree affirmedPublishedCited by 121 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice DeYoung
The city of Aurora on January 3, 1924, filed its bill in the city court against Robert Burns and Albert W. DeLatour, alleging that the city council on May 9, 1923, passed the building zone ordinance; that Burns and DeLatour conducted several grocery stores in Aurora known as Piggly Wiggly stores, and had under construction at the northwest corner of Chestnut and Walnut streets a building, all or a part of which was designed as and intended to be used for a grocery store; that the site of the proposed building was located in a portion of the city zoned as “B” residential district, and that the…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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- Hadacheck v. SebastianSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Co. v. Illinois ex rel. Drainage CommissionersSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
- Mountain Timber Company v. State of WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. City of GoldsboroSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
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3Cited by121 opinions
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- Cady v. City of DetroitMichigan Supreme Court · 1939
- Jones v. City of Los AngelesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1930
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