Osborne v. Grussing

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that municipalities “routinely act on the basis of information provided by private parties who harbor a grudge,” but when “such a complaint results in enforcement action, we do not impute the complainant’s ulterior motive to the government enforcers”
• finding “the discovery issue was not properly preserved” when the party did not file what is now referred to as a Rule 56(d) motion
• “[D]ue to inadequate resources, [Planning and Zoning Office] staff investigate violations of the ordinance only when a citizen files a complaint against a particular landowner.”
• free-world plaintiff's public criticism of county's lax enforcement of regulations was clearly “First Amendment- protected activity”
• “[D]ue to inadequate resources, [Planning and Zoning Office] staff investigate violations of the ordinance only when a citizen files a complaint against a particular landowner.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

5 cases in this archive cite this case.

• James Solomon v. Deputy U.S. Marshal Thomas
  Eighth Circuit· 2015-07-29· cited 1,970×
• Nathan Rinne v. Camden County
  Eighth Circuit· 2023-04-13· cited 20×
• Ray Scott v. Tobias J. Tempelmeyer
  Eighth Circuit· 2017-08-16· cited 15×
• McCafferty v. New Castle County Board of License, Inspection and Review
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2021-04-26
• McCafferty v. New Castle County Board of License, Inspection and Review
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2021-07-12

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. Doyle
  Supreme Court· 1977-01-11· cited 7,445×
• Hartman v. Moore
  Supreme Court· 2006-04-26· cited 1,622×
• United States v. Pablo Berrios
  Second Circuit· 1974-08-08· cited 429×
• Revels v. Vincenz
  Eighth Circuit· 2004-09-24· cited 407×
• George Goff v. James Burton, John Henry, and Crispus C. Nix
  Eighth Circuit· 1994-01-03· cited 178×
• United States v. Richard Ralston Catlett
  Eighth Circuit· 1978-10-12· cited 87×
• Rita Carroll v. Fredrick W. Pfeffer
  Eighth Circuit· 2001-08-23· cited 43×
• Debra L. Herr v. Airborne Freight Corporation
  Eighth Circuit· 1998-01-30· cited 37×
• Johnson v. State Farm General Insurance
  Supreme Court· 1994-06-13· cited 35×
• Richard Osborne v. Arlyn Grussing
  Eighth Circuit· 2007-02-26· cited 1×