44 Wash. 2d 358 - Hauser v. Arness’s Empirical Analysis
1954
Citation profile
7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 7 later decisions — most recently June 1999
7 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Village of Euclid Ohio v. Ambler Realty Co · Nectow v. City of Cambridge · State of Washington Seattle Title Trust Co v. Roberge · Landay v. Board of Zoning Appeals · Forbes v. Hubbard
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It is the general rule, recognized and adopted by this court, that zoning ordinances should be liberally construed to accomplish their plain purpose and intent. At the same time, the court bears in mind that they are in derogation of the common-law right to use property so as to realize its highest utility and should not be extended by implication to cases not clearly within the scope of the purpose and intent manifest in their language.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“The -courts will not interfere with a zoning law . . . which is reasonable. Indeed, the courts will not interfere with a zoning measure or procedure unless it clearly and beyond dispute is unreasonable, irrational, arbitrary, or discriminatory. That is to say, courts will not disturb legislative or administrative action in zoning unless beyond doubt it is an abuse of discretion or an excessive use of power, or unless it has no relation to the evils - to be remedied or to the public health, safety, morals, order, general welfare or other proper object of the police power. If reasonable minds may differ as to whether or not a particular zoning restriction has a substantial relationship to the public health, safety, morals or general welfare, no clear abuse of discretion is shown and the restriction must stand as a valid exercise of the city’s police power. The rule against judicial. interference with zoning unless it clearly is unreasonable or an abuse of discretion is applicable with respect to the necessity and extent of zoning or rezoning . . . [citing numerous cases from jurisdictions across the United States]. (Italics ours.) 8A McQuillin, Municipal Corporations § 25.279 (3d ed.).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Zoning laws that result in relatively little gáin or benefit to the public while inflicting serious injury or loss on the property owner have always been held by this court to be confiscatory and void.”
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.