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Changemakers: The Long Road To The Law : Kiron Ireland, Michelle Choate
Changemakers: The Long Road To The Law : Kiron Ireland, Michelle Choate
Life of the Law School (1993- )
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Supreme Court, Bronx County, People Ex Rel. Furde V. New York City Dep't Of Correction, Adam D'Antonio
Supreme Court, Bronx County, People Ex Rel. Furde V. New York City Dep't Of Correction, Adam D'Antonio
Touro Law Review
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Municipal Corporations - Zoning - The Granting Of A Variance Based On Unnecessary Hardship, Frank D. Jacobs S.Ed.
Municipal Corporations - Zoning - The Granting Of A Variance Based On Unnecessary Hardship, Frank D. Jacobs S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
Defendant purchased a tract of vacant land located in the most highly restricted residence zone of his city. The local zoning ordinance prescribed minimum area, width, and depth measurements for building plots in that district. Defendant desired to subdivide the property into two building plots in order to build a one-family residence on each plot. Although the first plot complied with the minimum requirements of the ordinance, the other plot was deficient in area and depth measurements. Defendant was unsuccessful in his attempts both to purchase adjoining land and to sell parts of his property to adjoining owners. He then …
Municipal Corporations-Zoning-Validity Of Ordinances Excluding Residences From Industrial Areas, Judson M. Werbelow S.Ed.
Municipal Corporations-Zoning-Validity Of Ordinances Excluding Residences From Industrial Areas, Judson M. Werbelow S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
Plaintiff purchased undeveloped land located in defendant municipality, intending to construct dwelling houses thereon. At the time of plaintiff's purchase, the land was zoned for industrial use, but the applicable ordinance did permit use of the land for residential as well as industrial purposes. Defendant municipality, a town of about 9,000 persons, had experienced a minimum of industrial growth and the possibility of future industrial development was slight. Shortly after the plaintiff had made his purchase, defendant municipality amended the applicable zoning ordinance to prohibit the use of plaintiff's land for residential purposes. However, the ordinance did permit the presence …
Special Assessments - Constitutionality Of Legislation Modifying Means Of Enforcement Of Special Assessment Liens
Michigan Law Review
An Arkansas statute, affecting the mortgage securing certain special assessment bonds, provided, inter alia, for the extension of the interval between default in payment and sale under foreclosure from sixty-five days to at least two and a half years, reduced the penalty for non-payment from twenty per cent to three per cent, and provided that the possession of the delinquent property owner be undisturbed for four years after sale on foreclosure, thus modifying the law existing at the time the bonds were issued. The United States Supreme Court held the statute to be invalid as violating the constitutional prohibition …