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Episcopal Foundation of Jefferson County v. Williams

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided September 14, 1967No. 6 Div. 321PublishedCited by 38 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LIVINGSTON, Chief Justice.

Appellees filed their complaint in the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, in Equity, seeking, inter alia, a declaratory decree that a certain ordinance of the City of Birmingham constitutes spot zoning, and in effect condemns and confiscates the property of complainants without due process of law and without just compensation.

The trial court, after hearing the evidence ore tenus, subject to Act No. 101, Acts of Alabama 1943, p. 105, Title 7, Section 372(1), 1958 Recompiled Code of Alabama, entered a final decree declaring that the Zoning Ordinance of the City of…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Ball v. JonesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1961
  2. Leary v. AdamsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1933
  3. Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board v. City of BirminghamSupreme Court of Alabama · 1950
  4. Marshall v. City of MobileSupreme Court of Alabama · 1948
  5. Chapman v. City of TroySupreme Court of Alabama · 1941

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3Cited by38 opinions

  1. McCallen v. City of MemphisTennessee Supreme Court · 1990
  2. AMERICAN PETROLEUM EQUIP. AND CONSTRUCTION, INC. v. FancherSupreme Court of Alabama · 1997
  3. Waters v. City of BirminghamSupreme Court of Alabama · 1968
  4. Cudd v. City of HomewoodSupreme Court of Alabama · 1969
  5. Allen v. AxfordSupreme Court of Alabama · 1969

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