Legal Opinion
Board of Adjustment of Dallas v. Patel
Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)
Decided November 10, 1994No. 06-94-00061-CVPublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CORNELIUS, Chief Justice.
The Board of Adjustment of the City of Dallas appeals from a summary judgment reversing the Board’s decision to terminate a nonconforming use by the Mile High Motel in Dallas. The questions on appeal are whether the current owners of the motel are entitled to an amortization period for their investment, even though they purchased the motel after it had become a nonconforming use, and whether that part of the Dallas Development Code allowing any citizen to require the Board of Adjustment to terminate a nonconforming use is an unconstitutional delegation of…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Nixon v. Mr. Property Management Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1985
- Gibbs v. General Motors CorporationTexas Supreme Court · 1970
- Eubank v. City of RichmondSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Fire Department v. City of Fort WorthTexas Supreme Court · 1949
- City of San Angelo v. Boehme BakeryTexas Supreme Court · 1945
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3Cited by22 opinions
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- Duke Energy Field Services Assets, L.L.C. v. National Union Fire Insurance Co. of Pittsburg, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2002
- Dengler v. City of Groves, Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)1999
- Agan v. Commissioners Court of Titus CountyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1996
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