Legal Opinion
McCracken v. City of Lawton
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided June 14, 1982No. 53908PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPALA, Justice:
The dispositive question for decision is: Did the trial court err when it awarded attorney’s fees against the defendant-city in a suit to declare a zoning ordinance invalid? Our answer is in the affirmative.
By its Ordinance No. 168 the City Council of Lawton [City] amended the City’s comprehensive zoning regulations and provided for an entertainment district, called an “overlay zone”, with boundaries of a general commercial district. Businesses affected by the new ordinance — entertainment and service-related establishments — were to be severely restricted in their capacity to…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Moses v. HoebelSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1982
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3Cited by63 opinions
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