Scott v. Greenville County

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that members of a zoning commission were not entitled to legislative immunity for actions they took in denying an application for a permit from an individual owner
• stating that \[t]he starting point for our [due process] inquiry is to determine whether state or local law afforded Scott a ‘protectible property interest in the permit’ sufficient to trigger federal due pro- cess guarantees\
• looking to state law to determine whether an applicant held a cognizable interest in a zoning permit
• finding a property interest when permit must issue upon ‘‘presentation of an application and plans showing a use expressly permitted under the then-current zoning ordi- nance’’
• finding a property interest when permit must issue upon ‘‘presentation of an application and plans showing a use expressly permitted under the then-current zoning ordi- nance’’
• a party's substantive due process claim was allowed when a county moratorium on building permits appeared to be intended only for the party's application

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

171 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Ralph E. Thornton Cheryl A. Thornton v. City of St. Helens Warren Baker Brian Little
  Ninth Circuit· 2005-09-06· cited 714×
• Simmons v. Poe
  Fourth Circuit· 1995-03-01· cited 289×
• MLC AUTOMOTIVE, LLC v. Town of Southern Pines
  Fourth Circuit· 2008-07-03· cited 272×
• Norbert C. Pearson, Also Known as Spike v. City of Grand Blanc, J. Larry Tomlinson
  Sixth Circuit· 1992-03-10· cited 261×
• Toll Bros., Inc. v. Township of Readington
  Third Circuit· 2009-02-04· cited 250×
• J. Robert Tierney v. Chet W. Vahle and Debbie Olson
  Seventh Circuit· 2002-09-18· cited 248×
• Fair Employment Council of Greater Washington, Inc. v. Bmc Marketing Corporation, T/a Snelling & Snelling Personnel Consultants
  D.C. Circuit· 1994-07-19· cited 243×
• A HELPING HAND, LLC v. Baltimore County, MD
  Fourth Circuit· 2008-02-12· cited 213×
• Brady v. Town of Colchester
  First Circuit· 1988-12-01· cited 194×
• Robert A. Spence, Margaret A. Spence v. Walter R. Zimmerman, Katherine B. Zimmerman, City of Clearwater, a Municipal Corporation
  Eleventh Circuit· 1989-05-17· cited 178×
• Fred B. Shelton Iii, and John Paul Jones, Cross v. City of College Station, Cross-Appellants
  Fifth Circuit· 1986-01-06· cited 170×
• Acierno v. Cloutier
  Third Circuit· 1994-10-18· cited 160×
• Bryan v. City of Madison MS
  Fifth Circuit· 2000-06-09· cited 155×
• Covenant Media of South Carolina, LLC v. City of North Charleston
  Fourth Circuit· 2007-07-06· cited 145×
• Jerome Polenz and Donna Polenz v. Thomas Parrott and Russell Borland
  Seventh Circuit· 1989-08-22· cited 133×
• Collinson v. Gott
  Fourth Circuit· 1990-02-13· cited 121×
• Tri-County Paving, Incorporated v. Ashe County Ashe County Board of Commissioners
  Fourth Circuit· 2002-02-22· cited 118×
• Robert I. Silverman v. Marion Barry, Mayor of the District of Columbia
  D.C. Circuit· 1988-07-15· cited 117×
• Littlefield v. City of Afton
  Eighth Circuit· 1986-01-03· cited 116×
• Midnight Sessions, Ltd. v. City of Philadelphia
  Third Circuit· 1991-10-02· cited 113×

Cites

84 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.
  Supreme Court· 1978-06-06· cited 41,449×
• Harlow v. Fitzgerald
  Supreme Court· 1982-06-24· cited 22,846×
• Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.
  Supreme Court· 1970-06-01· cited 15,427×
• Board of Regents of State Colleges v. Roth
  Supreme Court· 1972-06-29· cited 14,284×
• Warth v. Seldin
  Supreme Court· 1975-06-25· cited 10,875×
• Parratt v. Taylor
  Supreme Court· 1981-05-18· cited 6,693×
• Baker v. Carr
  Supreme Court· 1962-03-26· cited 6,173×
• Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1977-01-11· cited 4,496×
• Simon v. Eastern Kentucky Welfare Rights Organization
  Supreme Court· 1976-06-01· cited 3,605×
• Logan v. Zimmerman Brush Co.
  Supreme Court· 1982-03-02· cited 2,744×
• Owen v. City of Independence
  Supreme Court· 1980-06-02· cited 2,083×
• Eastern Railroad Presidents Conference v. Noerr Motor Freight, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1961-04-03· cited 1,996×
• Dennis v. Sparks
  Supreme Court· 1980-11-17· cited 1,661×
• California Motor Transport Co. v. Trucking Unlimited
  Supreme Court· 1972-01-13· cited 1,621×
• Charbonnages De France v. Frank B. Smith, Juanita Smith, Frank Smith, Jr., Smith Brothers Construction Company and Continental Coal Sales Corporation
  Fourth Circuit· 1979-05-03· cited 746×
• Bi-Metallic Investment Co. v. State Board of Equalization
  Supreme Court· 1915-12-20· cited 612×
• Londoner v. City and County of Denver
  Supreme Court· 1908-06-01· cited 410×
• Creative Environments, Inc. v. Robert Estabrook
  First Circuit· 1982-05-06· cited 320×
• City of Eastlake v. Forest City Enterprises, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1976-06-21· cited 310×
• Rogin v. Bensalem Township
  Third Circuit· 1980-02-21· cited 233×