Legal Opinion
Opgal, Inc. v. Burns
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided July 22, 1959PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMario Pittoni, J.
The plaintiffs and intervening plaintiffs demand judgment declaring the town’s zoning ordinance which affects their property to be invalid, void and unconstitutional on the grounds that it violates the due process and the impairment of contract clauses of the Constitutions.
The ordinance under attack changed the zone classification of the subject property from “ C ” and “ D ” Residence to “ H ” Light Industry; and, in doing so, barred the use of the subject property for residential and for heavy industry purposes.
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It appears that some time in 1929 the town zoned the subject property (located…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Arverne Bay Construction Co. v. ThatcherNew York Court of Appeals · 1938
- Rodgers v. Village of TarrytownNew York Court of Appeals · 1951
- W. B. Worthen Co. v. KavanaughSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Shepard v. Village of SkaneatelesNew York Court of Appeals · 1949
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Gruber v. Mayor and Tp. Committee of Raritan Tp.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1962
- First Nat. Bank of Skokie v. Village of SkokieAppellate Court of Illinois · 1967
- Town of Hempstead v. LynneNew York Supreme Court · 1961
- Westwood Forest Estates, Inc. v. Village of South NyackNew York Court of Appeals · 1969
- Ciafone v. KenyattaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005
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