Bristol Redevelopment & Housing Authority v. Denton

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• the Supreme Court affirmed the trial court’s decision enjoining a municipal slum clearing project on the ground that the authority’s determination that the area to be razed was a slum was arbitrary and capricious
• whether area is blighted within meaning of Virginia Housing Authorities Act
• whether area is blighted within meaning of Virginia Housing Authorities Act

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

21 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Brick v. City of Wichita
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1965-07-10· cited 84×
• City of Portsmouth v. City of Chesapeake
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1964-06-15· cited 45×
• State Ex Rel. Department of Highways v. Bradford
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1962-05-08· cited 28×
• Dilley v. City of Des Moines
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1976-11-17· cited 18×
• Jamerson v. Womack
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1992-11-06· cited 16×
• Rudee Inlet Authority v. Bastian
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1966-03-07· cited 14×
• Richmond Funeral Directors' Ass'n v. Groth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1961-06-12· cited 13×
• Rudder v. Wise County Redevelopment & Housing Authority
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1978-11-22· cited 12×
• Runnels v. Staunton Redevelopment & Housing Authority
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1966-09-09· cited 8×
• Charleston Urban Renewal Authority v. Courtland Co.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1998-10-30· cited 7×
• Offen v. City of Topeka
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1960-03-05· cited 6×
• Ottofaro v. City of Hampton
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2003-01-10· cited 3×
• Williams v. Williams
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1965-05-19· cited 2×
• Freezeland Orchard Co. v. Warren County Board of Supervisors
  Virginia Circuit Court· 2001-01-15· cited 1×
• Lynnhaven Dunes Condo. Ass'n v. City of Virginia Beach
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2012-11-01
• Dance v. City of Petersburg
  Petersburg County Circuit Court· 1985-02-11
• Logie v. Town of Front Royal
  Virginia Circuit Court· 2002-06-19
• City of Roanoke Redevelopment v. B & B Holdings, L.L.C.
  Roanoke County Circuit Court· 2009-11-12
• MacDonald v. City of Fairfax
  Fairfax County Circuit Court· 2010-07-14
• Riverton Investment Corp. v. Economic Development Authority
  Warren County Circuit Court· 1999-11-17

Cites

4 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Mumpower v. Housing Authority
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1940-11-26· cited 78×
• Reynolds v. Milk Commission
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1935-03-29· cited 59×
• Hunter v. Norfolk Redevelopment & Housing Authority
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1953-11-30· cited 43×
• National Linen Service Corp. v. City of Norfolk
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1954-09-08· cited 25×