Land Use Law :: Prof. Daniel R. Mandelker :: Washington University in St. Louis

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Accessory Housing: Coalition Advocating Legal Housing Options v. City of Santa Monica, 105 Cal. Rptr. 2d 802 (Cal. App. 2001)
Adult Use:
- City of Los Angeles v. Alameda Books, Inc., 2002 U.S. LEXIS 3424 (2002)
- Independence News v. City of Charlotte, 568 F.3d 148 (4th Cir. 2009)
- TJs of New York v. Town of Smithtown, 598 F.3d 17 (2d Cir. 2010)
- VIP of Berlin, LLC v. Town of Berlin, 2010 U.S. App. Lexis 1520 (2ds Cir. 2010)
Adult Use Studies: Abilene Retail #30, Inc., v. Board of Comm'rs, 492 F.3d 1164 (9th Cir. 2007)
Affordable Housing: Town of Telluride v. Lot Thirty-Four Venture, L.L.C.: 3 P.3d 30 (Colo. 2000)
Airport Noise as Taking: Biddle v. BAA Indianapolis, LLC, 860 N.E.2d 570 (Ind. 2007)
Area Variance: One Meridian Partners, LLP v. Zoning Board of Adjustment of City of Philadelphia, 867 A.2d 706 (Pa. Commw. 2005) (.HTML | .DOC)
Big Box Retail: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., v. City of Turlock, 138 Cal. App. 4th 273 (2006)
Cigarette Signage and Free Speech: Lorillard Tobacco Co. v. Reilly, Supreme Court (June 28, 2001)
Compilation of RLUIPA Cases on Constitutionality (.HTML | .DOC)
Comprehensive Plan: Largent v. Zoning Board of Appeals of the Town of Paw Paw, 2008 W. Va. LEXIS 106 (W. Va. 2008)
Conditional Use: Deutscher v. Pierce County, 2009 Wash. App. LEXIS 2884
Consent to Downzoning: Emmett McLoughlin Realty, Inc. v. Pima County: 2002 Ariz. App. Lexis 176
Consistency with the Plan: Friends of Lagoon Valley v. City of Vacaville, 2007 Cal. App. LEXIS 1424 (2007)
Del Monte Dunes
Denominator Rule: City of Coeur d'Alene v. Simpson, 136 P.3d 310 (Idaho 2006)
Development Agreements: Santa Margarita Area Residents Together v. San Luis Obispo County, 100 Cal. Rptr. 2d 740 (Cal. App. 2000)
Downzoning: In Re: Appeal of Realen Valley Forge Greenes Associates, 838 A.2d 718 (Pa. 2003) (.HTML | .DOC)
Due Process and Entitlement: Cine SK8, Inc. v. Town of Henrietta, 2007 U.S. App. LEXIS 25970 (2d Cir. 2007)
Due Process and Takings: Crown Point Development, Inc. v. City of Sun Valley, 2007 U.S. App. LEXIS 25511 (9th Cir. 2007)
Entitlements/Class of One: Patterson v. American Fork City, 67. P.3d 466 (Utah 2003)
Equal Protection: Village of Willowbrook v. Olech, U.S. Supreme Court, February 23, 2000
Ethics:
- Randolph v. City of Brigantine Planning Board, 2009 N.J. Super. LEXIS 35 (N.J. App. Div. 2009)
- Armstrong v. Turner County Board of Adjustment, 2009 S.D. LEXIS 149 (SD, 2009)
Estoppel: Maryland Reclamation Associates, Inc. v. Harford County, 994 A.2d 842 (Md. 2010)
Exactions:

B.A.M. Development v. Salt Lake Country, 196 P.3d 601 (Utah 2008)
Buttermilk Farms, LLc v. Planning and Zoning Commission of the Town of Plymouth, 973 A.2d 64 (Conn. 2008)
Ehrlich v. City of Culver City, 911 P.2d 429 (Cal.), cert. denied, 117 S.Ct. 299 (1996)
Hammer v. City of Eugene, 121 P.3d 693 (Or. Ct of App, 2005) (.HTML | .DOC)
Home Builders Association v. City of Beavercreek, 729 N.E. 2d 349 (Ohio 2000)
Krupp v. Breckenridge Sanitation District (Colo. 2001)
Ocean Harbor House Homeowner's Ass'n v. Cal. Coastal Comm'n, 2008 Cal. App. LEXIS 770 (Cal. Ct. App., 2008)
Town of Flower Mound v. Stafford Estates, 2004 Tex. LEXIS 437 (2004)(.HTML | .DOC)

Fair Housing Act - Group Homes: Larkin v. State of Michigan Department of Social Services, 89 F.3d 285 (6th Cir. 1996)
Formula Business Ordinance: Island Silver & Spice, Inc., v. Islamorada, 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 19143 (11th Cir. 2008)

Historic Preservation

Appropriateness Review: Gibbons v. Historic Dist. Comm'n, 941 A.2d 917 (Conn. 2008)
Friends of the Great Southern, Inc. v. City of Hollywood, 2007 Fla. App. LEXIS 14558 (Fl. Dist. Ct. App. 2007)
Hanna v. City of Chicago, 2009 Ill. App. Lexis 98 (Ill. App. 2009)

Housing Referendum:

City of Cuyahoga Falls v. Buckeye Community Hope Foundation, 2003 U.S. Lexis 2492 (2003)
City of Cuyahoga Falls v. Buckeye Community Hope Foundation, What Does it Mean? by Kenneth B. Bley

Government Immunity: Bonington v. Town of Westport, 297 Conn. 297 (Conn. 2010)
Group Homes: Harding v. City of Toledo, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 36861
Growth Cap Initiative: Sustainable Growth Initiative Committee v. Jumpers, LLC, 128 P.3d 452 (Nev. 2006)
Growth Limits: Zuckerman v. Town of Hadley 2004 Mass. LEXIS 553 (.HTML | .DOC | .PDF)
Growth Management: Petition of Dollington Land Group and Toll Bros., Inc., 2003 Pa. Lexis 2602 (.HTML | .DOC)
House Size Maximums: Board of County Commissioners of Teton County v. Crow, P.3d 720 (Wyo. 2003)
Initiative: Citizens for Planning Responsibility v. County of San Luis Obispo, 2009 Cal. App. LEXIS 1287 (Cal. Ct. App., 2009)
Initiatives: Garvin v. Ninth Judicial District Court, 59 P.3d 1180 (Nev. 2002)
Inclusionary Zoning: Home Builders Association of Northern California v. City of Napa, 108 Cal. Rptr.2d 60 (Cal. App. 2001)
Investment-Backed Expectations:

Good v. United States, 1999 U.S. App. LEXIS 20826 (1999)
Kim v. City of New York, 681 N.E.2d 312 (N.Y. 1997)

Judicial Review: Burns Holding, LLC v. Madison County Board of County Commissioners, 2009 Ida. LEXIS 106 (Idaho, 2009)
Judicial Review of Zoning: Jaylin Investments v. Village of Moreland Hills, 839 N.E.2d 903 (Ohio 2006)
Landmark Preservation: District Intown Properties v. District of Columbia, 1999 U.S. App. LEXIS 32701 (1999)
Large Lot Zoning: C&M Developers, Inc. v. Bedminster Township Zoning Hearing Board, 820 A.2d 143 (2002)
Large Lot Zoning and Takings: Pheasant Ridge Corp. v. Township of Warren, 777 A.2d 334 (N.J. 2001)
Licensing and Free Speech Procedures: Thomas v. Chicago Park District, 2002 U.S. Lexis 488 (U.S. Supreme Court)
Mt. Laurel Doctrine: Toll Brothers v. Township of West Windsor, 2002 N.J. LEXIS 1095 (2002)
Moratoria:
- Biggers v. City of Bainbridge Island, 169 P.3d 14 (Wash. 2007)
- Hoffman Street, LLC v. City of West Hollywood, 102 Cal. Rptr.3d 125 (Cal. App. 2009)
- Wild Rice River Estates v. City of Fargo, 705 N.W.2d 850 (N.D. 2005)
New Jersey Growth Share Rule: In the matter of the Adoption of N.J.A.C. 5:94 and 5:95, 2007 N.J. Super. LEXIS 20 (January 25, 2007)
Oregon Measure 37:
- Held Invalid at Trial: MacPherson v. Dept. of Administrative Services, Marion County Circ. Ct. Case No. 00C15769(PDF)
- Commentary by Edward J. Sullivan
- Trial Court Reversed by Oregon Supreme Court: MacPherson v. Dept. of Administrative Services, CC No. 05C10444; SC S52875
Planned Unit Development:

South Park, Ltd v. Council of the City of Avon, Ohio, 2006 Ohio App. LEXIS 2683
Maryland Overpark Corporation v. Mayor & City Council of Baltimore, 909 A.2d 235 (Md. 2006)

Prohibitory Zoning: County Concrete Corp. v. Twp. of Roxbury, 2006 U.S. App. LEXIS 7903 (3rd Cir. 2006) (.HTML | .PDF)
Procedural Due Process Damages: Tri-County Industries, Inc. v. District of Columbia, 200 F.3d 836 (D.C. Cir. 2000), Writ of certiorari dismissed as improvidently granted, Jan. 17, 2001
Referendum: Friends of Maple Mountain, Inc. v. Mapleton City, 2010 Utah Lexis 10 (Utah 2010)
Religious Use:

Guru Nanak Sikh Society of Yuba City v. County of Sutter 2006 U.S. App. LEXIS 19297
Cottonwood Christian Center v. Cypress Redevelopment Agency, 218 F.Supp.2d 1203 (C.D. Cal. 2002)

A story in the Orange County Register on Feb. 25, 2003, reports that the above case was settled. The city bought the Cottonwood site for $19 million, and Cottonwood will buy 28 acres at a nearby golf course for $17 million.

Lighthouse Institute for Evangelism, Inc. v. City of Long Branch, 2007 U.S. App. LEXIS 27390 (3d Cir. 2007)
Petra Presbyterian Church v. Village of Northbrook, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 876
Barr v. City of Sinton, 2009 Tex. LEXIS 396 (Tex, 2009)

Ripeness:
- Hendee v. Putnam Township, 2010 Mich. LEXIS 1453
- Ralph Merrill v. Summit County, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 16056
- Santini v. Connecticut Hazardous Waste Management Services, 2003 U.S. App. LEXIS 17980 (2nd Cir. 2003) (.DOC | .HTML)
- Suitum v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, 117 S.Ct. 1659 (1997)
RLUIPA:
- Centro Familiar Cristiano Buenas Nuevas v. City of Yuma, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 7225 (D. Ariz. 2009)
- The Greater Bible Way Temple of Jackson v. City of Jackson, 733 N.W.2d 734 (Mich. 2007)
- Third Church of Christ, Scientist v. City of New York, 2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 24515 (2d Cir. 2010)
- River of Life Kindgdom Ministries v. Village of Hazel Crest, 585 F.3d 364 (7th Cir. 2009)
- Westchester Day School v. Village of Mamaroneck, 2007 U.S. App. LEXIS 24267 (2nd Cir. 2007)
Sign Ordinances; Time Limits : Granite City Outdoor Advertising, Inc. v. City of St. Petersburg 2003 U.S. App. Lexis 22039 (.DOC)
Sign Regulation:
- Covenant Media, LLC v. North Charleston, 493 F.3d 421 (4th Cir. 2007)
- Naser Jewelers, Inc. v. City of Concord, 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 1052 (1st Cir. 2008)
- World Wide Rush v. City of Los Angeles, 2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 10797 (9th Cir. 2010)
Spot Zoning:
- Plain Grains Limited Partnership v. Board of County Commissioners of Cascade County, 238 P.3d 332 (Mont. 2010)
- Quoc Tu Pham v. City of Chattanooga 2009 Tenn. App. LEXIS 445 (Tenn. Ct. App., 2009)
- Standing:
  - Matter of Brunswick Smart Growth, Inc. v. Town of Brunswick, 2010 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 3745 (App. Div. 2010)
  - Save Our Springs Alliance, Inc. v. City of Dripping Springs, 304 S.W.3d 871 (Tex. App. 2010)
- Standing to Sue Under Fair Housing Acts: Asylum Hill Problem Solving Revitalization Association v. King , 890 A.2d 522 (2006)
- Subdivision Control: Pansy Road, LLC v. Town Plan and Zoning Comm'n of Fairfield, 926 A.2d 1029 (Conn. 2007)
- Substantive Due Process:
- Supermajority: Shelton v. Rutherford County, 2009 Tenn. App. LEXIS 706
- Takings:
- Temporary Takings: Eberle v. Dane County Board of Adjustment , 1999 Wisc. LEXIS 104 (1999)
- Variances:
- Wetlands Taking: Florida Rock Industries v. United States , 1999 U.S. Claims LEXIS 215 (1999)
- Whole Parcel Rule:

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