Legal Opinion
Deane Hill Country Club, Inc. v. City of Knoxville and George F. McCanless Attorney General of Tennessee
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 16, 1967No. 17135_1PublishedCited by 84 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PECK, Circuit Judge.
In 1960, the City of Knoxville, Tennessee, (the “City”) annexed approximately 150 acres of land owned by plaintiff pursuant to Ordinance No. 3050. In this action, plaintiff attacks the ordinance and the state act authorizing said ordinance as unconstitutional under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments of the federal constitution.
The statutory provision pursuant to which Ordinance No. 3050 was adopted, section 6-309, Tenn.Code Anno., provides :
“A municipality * * * upon its own initiative when it appears that the prosperity of such municipality and [affected] territory will…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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- Angel v. BullingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
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3Cited by84 opinions
- 2 Fair empl.prac.cas. 926, 2 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 10,235 Mildred Harkless v. The Sweeny Independent School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- United States ex rel. Gittlemacker v. County of PhiladelphiaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1969
- Weber v. City CouncilCalifornia Supreme Court · 1973
- Clifton C. Tang v. Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court, First Department, and Honorable Justices Aron SteuerCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1974
- Texfi Industries, Inc. v. City of FayettevilleSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1980
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