West Bros. Brick Co. v. City of Alexandria

Decided September 23, 1937. Henry W. Holt wrote the opinion for the court.

169 Va. 271 · Cited 78 times

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• Gorieb v. Fox · 274 U.S. 603
• Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co. · 272 U.S. 365
• Hadacheck v. Sebastian · 239 U.S. 394
• Bacon v. Walker · 204 U.S. 311
• Eubank v. City of Richmond · 226 U.S. 137
• Zahn v. Board of Public Works · 274 U.S. 325
• Nectow v. City of Cambridge · 277 U.S. 183
• Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway v. Walters · 294 U.S. 405
• Haller Baking Company's Appeal · 145 A. 77
• Leary v. Adams · 147 So. 391
• In Re Kelso · 82 P. 241
• McClaugherty v. McClaugherty · 180 Va. 51
• People Ex Rel. Kemp v. . D'Oench · 18 N.E. 862
• Cromwell-Franklin Oil Co. v. Oklahoma City · 14 F. Supp. 370

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• Peck v. Kennedy, Zoning Adm'r · 210 Va. 60
• County of Fairfax v. Parker · 186 Va. 675
• Farley v. Graney · 119 S.E.2d 833
• Board of Supervisors v. DeGroff Enterprises, Inc. · 198 S.E.2d 600
• Baecher v. McFarland · 183 Va. 1
• Boggs v. Board of Supervisors · 211 Va. 488
• In Re Angelus · 65 Cal. App. 2d 441
• Fairfax County v. DeGroff · 214 Va. 235
• Southern Railway Co. v. City of Richmond · 205 Va. 699
• City of Omaha v. Glissmann · 151 Neb. 895
• National Maritime Union of America v. City of Norfolk · 202 Va. 672
• City of Alexandria v. Texas Co. · 172 Va. 209
• Penn Central Transportation Co. v. New York City · 438 U.S. 104
• Defelice v. Zoning Board of Appeals · 32 A.2d 635
• Commonwealth v. Dodson · 176 Va. 281
• Chayt v. Board of Zoning Appeals · 9 A.2d 747
• Senefsky v. City of Huntington Woods · 12 N.W.2d 387
• Bd. of Sup'rs of Fairfax Cty. v. Horne · 215 S.E.2d 453
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