Legal Opinion
Kent Island Joint Venture v. Smith
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided June 8, 1978No. Civ. H-77-1299PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALEXANDER HARVEY, II, District Judge:
In this case, a land developer asserts that its federal constitutional rights have been violated because certain state and local officials have interfered with its plans for the development of a residential subdivision in Queen Anne’s County, Maryland. This then is essentially a land use dispute which this Court has concluded does not belong in federal court at this time. As discussed in detail hereafter, the facts of this case either do not fit within the civil rights statutes and constitutional provisions relied upon by plaintiff or require this Court to…
2Cases cited53 opinions
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- Paul v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by44 opinions
- Creative Environments, Inc. v. Robert EstabrookCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1982
- Gorman Towers, Inc. v. BogoslavskyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1980
- Weiss v. Willow Tree Civic Ass'nDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1979
- Nasser v. City of HomewoodCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
- Meredith v. Talbot CountyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1987
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