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<br /> , ov_~ Cases i.n Planning a~.,m Ea'vi.ronmeataj ,_.a~' '-~,v'
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<br /> The editor of Planning & Environmental' Law (PEL) selected ~hese nationally significant cases
<br /> based on suggestions and commenEs oUered by Dan Tariock, a professor a~ Chicago-Kent
<br /> College of Law, and o~her PEL reporters. Planning and env~ronmenEat law within any
<br /> may also be subs~antiaily defined or ex~ended by cou~ decisions in Ehat sta~e.
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<br /> Cases are lis~ed chronoiogicady. Click on a case title eo read the cour~ decision. The edi~or;s
<br /> eXplanaEion of ~he case's significance Folio,Ns ~he ~iUe. When available, we have lnciuded
<br /> case abstracts prln~ed in PEL's predecessor publications, Zoning Digest and Land Use Law
<br /> Zoning Digest. Finally, we no~ed when APA'S Amicus Curiae CommiEEee filed a brief in Ehe
<br /> case, and added a link Eo ~he Committee brief where possible.
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<br /> L. Pennsy!va ~ia Ceai Co. v. Mahon, 260 U.S. 393 (~922)
<br />The U.S. Supreme Court indicated, for tine first Ume, EhaE regulaUon of land use migh~ be a
<br />taking.
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<br />~.) Vitiaee. -~c,Jc ~ ' c' v, Ambier ~.~,,~'._~ Co.., 272 U,S. 365 (!926)
<br />Es[abiished zoning as a valid exercise of poi ce power by local government.
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<br />3, Eerman v, Pad<er, 348 U.S. 26 (1954)
<br />Es[abiished aesthetics and redevelopmen~ as valid public purposes for exerc:sing the power
<br />of eminen[ domain.
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<br />'4. Chenev v, Village 2 at New Hope, {nc., 241 A.2d 81 (Pa. 1968)
<br />Legitimized Lhe planned unit develcpmen~ (PUD) process.
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<br />An ordinance crea~ing a planned unit development dis[rict and authorizing ~he planning
<br />commission ~o approve the b/pe, size and iocabon of buildings and uses within ~he district
<br />was no~ in vioiaUon of ~he municipal comprehensive plan or an illegal delegation of
<br />legisia~ive power ~o the commission.
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<br />b. L~c',zens ~-o a ~¢~ ~-= C.,=~ ~ inc. rut .... 40L U.S. 40~ (~97~)
<br />Es~abiished ~he "hard look" doctrine for environmen~ai impact review.
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<br />Private ciLizens and iocai and nacional conservation groups successfully challenge ~he
<br />ue_,~,on of the Secretary of Transportation ~o authorize ~e use of Federal funds ~o finance
<br />~he construction of a highway ~hrough Overton Park in Memphis, Tennessee. Under
<br />the Departmen~ of Transportation" ~ of '
<br /> . ~c~ ~ and g ~38 of ~he Federal-Aid Act of ~968, the
<br />Secre~ar'/ may not authorize ~he expenditure of federal funds for a highway hhrough a
<br />public park if a "feasible and prudent" alternative route exists, and if no aiternative rou~e
<br />exists, he may approve construction only if ~here has been "ail possible ptann ng ~o
<br />minimize harm" to the park.
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<br />6, Cai'./er; C'.iff~' Coordinating Comrn~i:'zee v. Al:omit E.nerg,/ Commission, 449 F.2d LL09
<br />tzD.C. Cir. L97t)
<br />tqade FiaCionai Environmental Pro~ection Act .NEPA) requiremen[s judicially enforceable.
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<br />7 Sh:rr~ :C'.~zb., '~,- ?on 405 il q 727
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<br />~v~,~p~e~,' up environmen~ai ciU, zen suits ~o discipline the resource agencies.
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<br />Recogn<ec growth phasing programs.
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<br />=_;n~n~ ordinance, aHo,Ning suOdivision deveioomenc only 0v ~oec;.al permit upon showing
<br />~r,,zC adequate municipal facilibes and services were avaiiacle cr would oe provided b,/
<br />:eve~oaer, u,n:~,E~c~., a redone! ac~emo~ co provide for sequential and OrdeFW residential
<br />Jeveic. omenc :n :onjunct~on with ~ne needs of the communiw and ts ~bilib/ ~o supoi'/ public
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