Legal Opinion
Sheridan-Kalorama Neighborhood Council v. District of Columbia Board of Zoning Adjustment
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided May 7, 1979No. 12899PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARRIS, Associate Judge:
Petitioners seek to overturn an order of the Board of Zoning Adjustment granting an application for a special exception to permit the conversion of a chancery into law offices and apartments. We reverse.
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The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg is the owner of a four-story building located at 2210 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., which it had used as a chancery and residence since 1961. Four lawyers (the individual interve-nors herein) contracted to buy the property in order to convert it to a combination of law offices and four one-bedroom apartments. To effect such a conversion,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Udall v. TallmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- United States v. BornsteinSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Bevan v. Trustees of Penn Central Transportation Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- National Petroleum Refiners Ass'n v. Federal Trade CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1973
- United States v. Barney A. Gertz, Owner of 3,827 Coins Being Likenesses of the 1847 'Hapa Haneri' Issued by the Hawaiian GovernmentCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1957
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Draude v. District of Columbia Board of Zoning AdjustmentDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1987
- George Washington University v. District of Columbia Board of Zoning AdjustmentDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1981
- Woodley Park Community Ass'n v. District of Columbia Board of Zoning AdjustmentDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1985
- Dupont Circle Citizens Ass'n v. District of Columbia Zoning CommissionDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1981
- United Unions, Inc. v. District of Columbia Board of Zoning AdjustmentDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1989
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