Land Use Law

This section contains supplementary materials to the casebook, Planning and Control of Land Development.

• Supplementary Material on Environmental Law [Word] [PDF] from Property Law and the Public Interest (3^rd Edition 2007)

• Chapter 1
• Bracken, Urban Planning Methods: Research and Policy Analysis 18-20 (1981) (4^th Edition)
• E. Howe, Professional Roles and the Public Interest in Planning, 6 Journal of Planning Literature 230, 231-232 (1992) (4^th Edition)
• Chapter 2
1. Nuisance Law
• Spur Industries, Inc. v. Del E. Webb Development Co. (7^th Edition)
2. The Takings Issue
• Palazzolo v. State of Rhode Island with Notes and Questions
• Keystone Bituminous Coal Ass'n v. De Benedictis (4^th Edition)
• A Note on the Federal Circuit's Interpretation of Lucas in Wetlands Cases (4^th Edition)
3. Due Process and Equal Protection Limitations Under the Federal Constitution
4. Federal Remedies for Constitutional Violations
• Chapter 3
1. The History and Structure of the Zoning System
• A Typical Zoning Ordinance (7^th Edition)
2. How a Zoning Case Gets to State Court
3. Judicial Review of Zoning Disputes
• Henry County v. Tim Jones Properties, Inc. (7^th Edition)
4. Recurring Issues in Zoning Law
• Robinson Township v. Knoll (4^th Edition)
• Chapter 4
• Chapter 5
1. Introduction
2. Exclusionary Zoning and Affordable Housing: State Law
• New Jersey Fair Housing Act (4^th Edition)
• Southern Burlington County NAACP v. Township of Mt. Laurel (II) (4^th Edition)
• Wayne Britton v. Town of Chester (4^th Edition)
3. Exclusionary Zoning Litigation in the Federal Courts
4. Discrimination Against Group Homes for the Handicapped
• Chapter 6
• Chapter 7
• Chapter 8
• Chapter 9
1. Aesthetics as a Regulatory Purpose
2. Outdoor Advertising Regulation
• 2. Free Speech Issues
• Lorillard Tobacco Co. v. Reilly with Notes and Questions
3. Urban Design
4. Historic Preservation
• Fred French Investing Co. v. City of New York, maps of case: Map #1, Map #2