Mountrail County v. Hoffman’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
1 district · 5 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 23 U.S.C. § 136
Relies on Shaw v. Burleigh County · State Ex Rel. Minot v. Gronna · City of Bismarck v. Fettig · Jose v. Norwest Bank North Dakota, N.A. · Perske v. Job Service North Dakota
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Although counties have general authority to enact zoning ' ordinances, see N.D.C.C. § 11-33-01; Shaw v. Burleigh County, 286 N.W.2d 792, 795 (N.D. 1979), a local governing body cannot validly enact a zoning ordinance that contravenes federal or state law. See State ex rel. City of Minot v. Gronna, 79 N.D. 673, 697 , 59 N.W.2d 514, 531 (1953); 1 E. Yokley, Zoning Law and Practice § 3-12 (1978); see also County of Hoke v. Byrd, 107 N.C.App. 658 , 421 S.E.2d 800, 805 (1992).””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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