Legal Opinion
Dumas v. City of Dallas
District Court, N.D. Texas
Decided September 12, 1986No. CA 3-86-1759-RPublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
BUCHMEYER, District Judge.
The law of zoning allows the will of a majority, expressed through a representative body, to control the evolution of a community and shape its character. 1 The law of free speech, in contrast, prevents the majority will from suppressing minority expression that the majority finds intolerable. 2 It is perhaps inevitable that the two values should clash, when a zoning ordinance attempts to limit the freedoms of those involved in expressing unpopular views. 3 A body of first amendment/zoning jurisprudence has thus emerged, in an attempt to reconcile…
2Cases cited112 opinions
- Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of CatrettSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- City of Los Angeles v. LyonsSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Broadrick v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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3Cited by37 opinions
- FW/PBS, Inc. v. City of DallasSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- 11126 Baltimore Boulevard, Incorporated, T/a Warwick Books v. Prince George's County, MarylandCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1995
- Town of Islip v. CavigliaNew York Court of Appeals · 1989
- Topanga Press, Inc. v. City of Los AngelesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1993
- Topanga Press, Inc. v. City Of Los AngelesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1993
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