Legal Opinion
Donald E. Carlyn v. City of Akron
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 1, 1984No. 81-3358PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEORGE CLIFTON EDWARDS, Jr., Chief Judge.
This case presents the question as to whether or not Ohio’s annexation statutes, O.R.C. §§ 709.02-709.21 are or are not federally constitutional. The critical issue is that in the circumstances presented here, a portion of a township was detached from Springfield Township and annexed by the City of Akron without an affirmative vote of the township concerned. The annexation was initiated by the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company whose property was contiguous to the City of Akron and its annexation petition was approved by the County Commissioners as…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Gomillion v. LightfootSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Kramer v. Union Free School District No. 15Supreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Cipriano v. City of HoumaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Hunter v. City of PittsburghSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Holt Civic Club v. City of TuscaloosaSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Grant County Fire Protection District No. 5 v. City of Moses LakeWashington Supreme Court · 2002
- Michelle Hussey, James Hussey, Mary Fran Mathis, John Rutherford, and Teresa Rutherford v. City of Portland, a Municipal CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1995
- Goodyear Farms v. City of AvondaleArizona Supreme Court · 1986
- City of Tucson v. Pima CountyCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 2001
- Grant County Fire Protection District No. 5 v. City of Moses LakeWashington Supreme Court · 2002
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