Ronald Loesel v. City of Frankenmuth

How courts have described this case

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• noting that Plaintiffs must “overcome a heavy burden” of “show[ing] that they were treated differently than those similarly situated in all material respects.”
• denying summary judgment where city discriminatorily zoned plaintiff’s property to prevent construction of a Walmart despite other large retail establishments being allowed to operate
• articulating standard on review of defendant’s renewed motion for judgment as a matter of law
• ordering a new trial where the jury instructions presented alternative theories of liability, one of which was not properly submitted, and the jury returned a general verdict in favor of plaintiff
• ordering a new trial where the jury instructions presented alternative theories of liability, one of which was not properly submitted, and the jury returned a general verdict in favor of plaintiff
• “[D]etermining whether individuals are similarly situated is generally a factual issue for the jury.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).