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· 8/29/1983

Fallin v. Knox County Board of Commissioners

Citations

  • 656 S.W.2d 338
  • 1983 Tenn. LEXIS 792

How courts have described this case

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

  • explaining that “rather than dismiss the action” a trial court may treat the petition as if it were filed on the proper basis
  • explaining that “rather than dismiss the action” a trial court may treat the petition as if it were filed on the proper basis
  • treating an action styled as a petition for a writ of certiorari as an action for a declaratory judgment.
  • “When a municipal governing body acts under its delegated police powers either to adopt or amend a zoning ordinance, it acts in a legislative capacity . . . .”

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Judges: Brock, Fones, Cooper, Harbison, Drowota

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