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Landmark Cases 1950 - 1976

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Lordship Park Assoc v Boardof Zoning Appeals (1950)   show
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Miller v City of Beaver Falls, PA (1951)   show
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Fisher v Bedminister Township (1952)   show
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Lionshead Lake v Township of Wayne (1952)   show
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Akron v Chapman (1953)   show
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show Approved DC eminnent domain case because the property was part of a larger master plan redevelopment project.  
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show Stated that a government may force a noncoforming use come into compliance if sufficient time has passed since the change & it is in the best interest of public health, safety, and welfare.  
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show Upheld the right for a city to assess development fees or require provision of land for schools, parks, or other municipal services in order to offset the impact caused by development.  
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Jones v Mayer (1968)   show
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show Overturned a legislation restricting large lot zoning on the basis that it was intended as an exclusionary zoning technique to control population  
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show Overturned the CA education funding system on the basis that it was discrimantory against the poor because it relied solely on individual county property taxes  
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show 1) Property taxes consume a higher % of income for poor households than they do for wealthy 2) property taxes raise for money in wealthy counties 3) In order to make up the difference in amount of money raised, poor counties must tax at higher rate  
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Golden v Town of Ramapo (1971)   show
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South Burlington Co NAACP v Township of Mt Laurel, NJ (1972)   show
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show Overturned a zoning change on the basis that the change 1) did not conform with the comprehensive plan, 2) was not based on public need 3) not justifiable for only that particular property 4) was not proven necessary 5) decision not made on sound criteria  
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show Overturned a zoning ordinance established by a newly elected council that downzoned a particular piece of property on the basis that piecemeal downzoning is permissable when a change has occured that result in harm to public health, safety, and welfare  
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show Upheld a zoning ordinance that prevented groups of more than 2 related persons from sharing a home because allowing homes to be turned into offsite college domiciles would harm the health, safety, or welfare of a neighborhood  
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Construction Indust, Assn of Sonoma Co v City of Petaluma, CA (1975)   show
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Warth v Seldin (1975)   show
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show Upheld the right for HUD to look for regional solutions to the problem of housing an area's poor residents and by proving low income housing alternatives outside the city limits in the surrounding suburbs  
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Coleman Young Maror of Detroit v American Mini Theatres   show
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Associated Homes v Livermore (1976)   show
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