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AICP Law Cases exam 2024_2025 fully solved & updated.
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AICP Law Cases exam 2024/2025 fullysolved & updated
Mugler v Kansas - ANSWER-1887, 14th amendment due process case which rules
that Kansas could prohibit sale of alcohol based on police power.
Welch v Swasey - ANSWER-1909, Boston can impose different height limits on
buildings in different districts
Eubank v City of Richmond - ANSWER-1912, A zoning ordinance establishing
building setback lines was held unconstitutional and not a valid use of the police
power; violates the due process of law and is therefore unconstitutional under
the 14th amendment.
Hadacheck v Sebastian - ANSWER-1915, Supreme Court upheld Los Angeles
case prohibiting establishment of a preexisting brickyard declared a "public
nuisance."
Pennsylvania Coal Company v Mahon - ANSWER-1922, Supreme Court indicated
for the first time that a regulation of land use might be a taking if it goes too far.
Village of Euclid v Ambler Realty Co - ANSWER-1926, Established zoning as a
legal use of police power by local government. The main issue in this case was
"nuisance," and that a certain use near a residence could be considered "a pig in
a parlor." Argued by Alfred Betteman, future 1st president of the ASPO.
Nectow v City of Cambridge - ANSWER-1928, Court found for Nectow and against
a provision in Cambridge's zoning ordinance based on the due process clause.
However, it did NOT overturn Euclid. This was the last zoning challenge to come
before the Supreme Court until...
, Berman v Parker - ANSWER-1954, Established aesthetics and redevelopment as
valid public purposes for exercising eminent domain. Washington D.C. took
private property and resold to a developer to achieve objectives of an established
redevelopment plan.
Jones v Mayer - ANSWER-1968, Ruling that discrimination in selling houses was
not permitted based on the 13th Amendment and Section 1982 abolishing slavery
and creating equality for all U.S. citizens.
Cheney v Village 2 at New Hope - ANSWER-1968, Legitimized planning unit
development (PUD) process.
Golden v Planning Board of the Town of Ramapo - ANSWER-1972, NY State Court
of Appeals case that upheld a growth control plan based on the availability of
public services. Case further emphasized the importance of the Comp Plan and
set the scene for nationwide growth management plans.
Citizens to Preserve Overton Park v Volpe - ANSWER-1971, Established hard look
doctrine for environmental impact review. Section 4(f) DOT Act of 1966 -- park use
ok if no "feasible and prudent" alternative and "all possible planning to minimize
harm."
Calvert Cliff's Coordinating Committee v Atomic Energy Commission - ANSWER-
1971, Made National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requirements judicially
enforceable.
Sierra Club v Morton - ANSWER-1972, Opened up environmental citizen suits to
discipline resource agencies.
Just v Marinett County - ANSWER-1972, Significantly integrated public trust
theories into a modern regulatory scheme. Shoreland zoning ordinance along
navigable streams and other water bodies upheld.
Fasano v Board of Commissions of Washington Co, Oregon - ANSWER-1973,
Required zoning to be consistent with comp plans, and recognized that rezonings
may be judicial rather than legislative. Central issue was spot zoning, which must
meet the two measures to be deemed valid: 1st there must be a public need for
the change in question, and 2nd the need must be best served by changing the
zoning of the particular parcel in question as compared with other available
property.
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