William H. Thompson, Jr. v. Department of Codes Administration, Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County

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• stating that “[i]t is well established that the decision to grant or not grant a building permit is an administrative determination.”
• “In the instant case, the nature of the decision below, the denial of a building permit, indicates that the appropriate means of review is the common law writ of certiorari.”
• since the litigant did not perfect a certiorari action by asking for a hearing that would allow preparation of a record for judicial review, the matter would be reviewed as a declaratory judgment action

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