Legal Opinion
John Ed Price v. City of Junction, Texas
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 20, 1983No. 83-1097PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLARK,
Chief Judge:
Six residents of Junction, Texas sued the city seeking a declaration that Junction’s “junk car” ordinance was unconstitutional. The owners of cars subject to the ordinance also brought a section 1983 action against named city officials. After a number of pretrial stipulations and the dismissal of the section 1983 claim and the named defendants, the suit came before the district judge as a declaratory judgment action with the city as the sole defendant. The plaintiffs sought a declaration that the ordinance was an improper exercise of the city’s police power; violated the…
2Cases cited30 opinions
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- San Antonio Independent School District v. RodriguezSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Penn Central Transportation Co. v. New York CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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3Cited by56 opinions
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- Christopher B. Propert v. District of Columbia, a Municipal CorporationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1991
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