Legal Opinion · Dissent

Cannon v. Coweta County

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided March 13, 1990No. S89A0302Published

1DissentHunt, Justice

I agree with the majority that the plaintiff has standing to challenge the ordinance, just as would any property owner in Coweta County desiring to place a manufactured home on his property but prohibited from doing so by the ordinance. I disagree, however, with the majority’s conclusion that the ordinance is unconstitutional. The majority correctly notes the ordinance the plaintiff challenges is a valid exercise of Coweta County’s police power unless it is “clearly arbitrary and unreasonable, having no substantial relation to the public health, safety, morals or general welfare.” Village of…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
  2. Lindsley v. Natural Carbonic Gas Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1911
  3. City of Brookside Village v. ComeauTexas Supreme Court · 1982
  4. Warren v. Municipal Officers of the Town of GorhamSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1981
  5. Nichols v. PirkleSupreme Court of Georgia · 1947

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