Legal Opinion
City of Louisville v. Fiscal Court of Jefferson County
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided November 3, 1981No. 80-SC-857-DGPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEPHENS, Justice.
The issue we deal with on this appeal is the validity of a contract between the City of Louisville and certain property owners which attempts to settle a remonstrance suit.
In November of 1977, the City introduced an ordinance which proposed to annex a large area east of the city. The area included a regional shopping center, a large working farm, a residential subdivision, a smaller shopping center and office complex, several motels and an interstate highway service area. Two remonstrance suits were filed. 1 The suits were consolidated for trial, and the Jefferson County…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Wabash Railroad v. DefianceSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Russman v. LuckettCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1965
- Holsclaw v. StephensCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1974
- Plant Food Co. v. City of CharlotteSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1938
- Jacobs v. Lexington-Fayette Urban County GovernmentKentucky Supreme Court · 1977
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- Wanzer v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1990
- Mount Juneau Enterprises, Inc. v. City & Borough of JuneauAlaska Supreme Court · 1996
- Kaiser Development Co. v. City & County of HonoluluDistrict Court, D. Hawaii · 1986
- Vermont Department of Public Service v. Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Co.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1988
- Town of Brockway v. City of Black River FallsCourt of Appeals of Wisconsin · 2005
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