· 8/29/1983
Fallin v. Knox County Board of Commissioners
Citations
- 656 S.W.2d 338
- 1983 Tenn. LEXIS 792
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- 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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