Legal Opinion
Cowart v. City of Ocala, Fla.
District Court, M.D. Florida
Decided October 11, 1979No. 79-69-Civ-OcPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CHARLES R. SCOTT, District Judge.
This action involves an invocation of 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the Fourteenth Amendment, 1 challenging a decision by certain municipal authorities to deny plaintiffs’ application for a building permit. Plaintiffs claim that the decision was discriminatory, and, therefore, arbitrary and capricious, denying plaintiffs Due Process and Equal Protection guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment. Plaintiffs seek a mandatory injunction requiring defendant to issue the permit and an award of damages for costs and attorney fees resulting from the denial of the permit…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Warth v. SeldinSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Lynch v. Household Finance Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Hills v. GautreauxSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- Tahoe-Sierra Preservation Council, Inc. v. Tahoe Regional Planning AgencyDistrict Court, D. Nevada · 1986
- Everett v. City of TallahasseeDistrict Court, N.D. Florida · 1993
- Giuliano v. Town of EdgartownDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1982
- Fred B. Shelton Iii, and John Paul Jones, Cross v. City of College Station, Cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
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