Pierce v. King County

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that a developer's right to build cannot vest until he applies for a building permit for the property
• explaining that a developer's right to build cannot vest until he applies for a building permit for the property
• holding that even though a county resolution constituted illegal spot zoning and was therefore void ab initio, the applicable limitations period “begins with acquisition of knowledge or with the occurrence of events from which notice ought to be inferred as a matter of law.”
• explaining that “ ‘mere acquiescence, regardless of the period thereof, cannot legalize a clear usurpation of power which offends against the constitution adopted by the people’ ” (quoting Forbes v. Hubbard, 348 Ill. 166, 180 N.E. 767, 771 (1932
• the rule that writs of certiorari must be sought within the time allowed for filing an appeal is limited to cases arising in the courts, or in other judicial proceedings
• the rule that writs of certiorari must be sought within the time allowed for filing an appeal is limited to cases arising in the courts, or in other judicial proceedings

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).