Gray v. Trustees, Monclova Township’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 37 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 45 later decisions — most recently June 2010 · most notably Schomaeker v. First National Bank of Ottawa (1981), Wedgewood Ltd. Partnership I v. Township of Liberty (2010)
2 federal appellate · 37 state decisions
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Most-quoted passages
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“[t]he overall zoning classification in a PUD area can be termed 'nominal' because it does not, by itself, indicate the specific zoning restrictions in the area. These restrictions are ascertainable only by referring to the approved plats for the development.” Id. at 369 . Accordingly, the Gray court found that the approval of a PUD plat is the functional equivalent of”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“[T]he action of the board [of township trustees] in approving [a PUD] plat is the functional equivalent of traditional legislative zoning, even though the entire PUD area is covered by the same `nominal' zoning classification both before and after approval of the plat.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“PUD”) zoning, explaining that PUD zoning permits those aspects of land development that were normally regulated by zoning to vary within a geographically-defined area by bearing a single zoning classification. The Gray court noted that,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.