· 2/6/1996
Strickland v. Alderman
Citations
- 74 F.3d 260
- 1996 U.S. App. LEXIS 1598
- 1996 WL 21069
How courts have described this case
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- noting that water drained slower from plaintiffs property for purposes of enforcement of standing water ordinance
- requiring both evidence that a petitioner was treated differently than similarly situated persons; and that difference was “for the purpose of discriminating” against the petitioner
- listing elements of § 1983 claim for selective enforcement of a standing water ordinance
- applying the final-decision requirement to due process and equal protection claims
- \An exception to the final decision requirement exists where it would be futile for the plaintiff to pursue a final decision.\
- “As[-]applied due process and equal protection claims are ripe for adjudication when the local authority has rendered its final decision with respect to the application of the regulation.”
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Judges: Hatchett, Birch, Godbold
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