Pyatt v. Mayor and Council of Borough of Dunellen

How courts have described this case

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• zoning ordinances stricken where councilmen voting for their enactment were employees of a corporation substantially benefited thereby
• zoning ordinances voided where councilmen voting for enactment were employees of a corporation substantially benefited
• voiding vote where councilman's mother resided in nursing home favored by zoning amendment
• voiding vote for ordinance where councilmen were employees of corporation that substantially benefitted
• “it is most doubtful that participation by a councilman in a municipal action of particular benefit to his employer can be proper in any case.”
• \it is most doubtful that participation by a councilman in a municipal action of particular benefit to his employer can be proper in any case.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).