Legal Opinion
City of Miami v. State Ex Rel. Green
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided April 1, 1938PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtTerrell, J.
The City of Miami enacted Zoning Ordinance Number 1526 prohibiting the sale of intoxicating liquors and beverages within described areas of the city. In a mandamus proceeding, the defendant in error challenged the validity of the ordinance on the ground of discrimination in that it permitted non conforming uses. The Court below held the ordinance inoperative and void and the city took writ of error to this Court.
Section 1 of the ordinance zoned an area about four blocks wide and seventeen blocks long in what is known as “Negro Town,” a very thickly housed, and populated portion of the City.…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Barbier v. ConnollySupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Zucht v. KingSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Zahn v. Board of Public Works of Los AngelesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1925
- Brown v. City of Los AngelesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1920
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Tweel v. West Virginia Racing CommissionWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1953
- Eckert v. JacobsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1940
- State ex rel. Clark v. BrownOhio Supreme Court · 1965
- Morey's Lounge v. State, Dept. of Bus.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1996
- Chaikin v. City of MiamiSupreme Court of Florida · 1947
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