Paula-Beth Lashley Maher, Administratrix of the Succession of Morris G. Maher v. The City of New Orleans

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• plaintiff allowed to challenge zoning ordinance as unconstitutional, despite his prior attempt to overturn it on state grounds in state court
• plaintiff allowed to challenge zoning ordinance as unconstitutional, despite his prior attempt to overturn it on state grounds in state court
• “The elaborate decision-making and appeal process set forth in the ordinance creates another structural check on any potential for arbitrariness that might exist.”
• historical preservation statute does not delegate unfettered authority to decisionmaking body
• state principles of collateral estoppel govern in diversity matter
• rejecting claim that historic districting ordinance lacked sufficient enforcement standards

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