Commissioners See Benefits in Suit: Heidelberg and North Heidelberg Townships, and Robesonia and Womelsdorf Successfully Defended Against a Lawsuit By the State Attorney General, Who Claimed Their Joint Zoning Ordinance Was Too Restrictive.
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By Mary E. Young, Reading Eagle, Pa.  Dec. 15--Berks County municipalities may benefit from the dismissal of a lawsuit in which the state attorney general claimed a joint zoning ordinance was too restrictive, the county commissioners said Thursday.  Commissioner Thomas W. Gajewski Sr.
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By Andy Reid, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Feb. 14--Developers might get a free pass from affordable-housing rules in the pricey new neighborhoods spreading across Palm Beach County's Agricultural Reserve.
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RALEIGH, N.C., June 12 -- Durham County District Attorney Michael B. Nifong, under fire by the North Carolina State Bar for his handling of the sexual assault case against three Duke University lacrosse players, mounted his defense Tuesday, contending it was his duty as a prosecutor to pursue a c...
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By Janelle Frost, The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C.  Feb. 10--North Myrtle Beach's former mayor Phil Tilghman has filed suit against a city councilman and a local newspaper, alleging statements published in that paper were false and defamatory.
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A shuttered Oakland medical marijuana club filed a lawsuit against the city Tuesday, saying it was unfairly denied a permit under an ordinance that cracked down on a downtown enclave known as &quot;Oaksterdam.
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By Tatiana Prophet, Daily Press, Victorville, Calif.  Feb. 14--Fo r 1 1 c i t i e s i n S a n Bernardino County, the prospect of paying a surcharge for a chemical that did not originate in their areas just doesn't seem right.
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By Dave Munday, The Post and Courier, Charleston, S.C.  Dec. 10--SUMMERVILLE -- Dorchester County residents who have been  fighting orders to spend thousands of dollars to tie into county sewer lines  coming their way say they've spotted an exemption in the county's sewer  ordinance.
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By Margie Wood, The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.  Dec. 9--Pueblo County's 1041 land-use regulations are becoming a "smorgasbord for lawyers," as Commissioner Matt Peulen put it.
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A lawsuit seeking to block a new state law that gave Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa partial control of the nation's second-largest school district has gone to a judge.
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By Daniel Wells Staff Writer  Warren County's attempt to slow residential growth through a zoning overhaul died last week when commissioners reached an impasse over limits on home density in new developments.
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By JULIAN WALKER  The State Water Control Board has another lawsuit on its hands related to a proposed 165-acre mixed-use development in Chesterfield County.
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The U.S. Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against a Florida community challenging an ordinance banning halfway houses from residential areas.  The suit claims that Boca Raton has violated the Fair Housing Act by discriminating against recovering addicts, the Palm Beach Post reports.
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By GEOFF MULVIHILL  MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. - In a victory for private property rights, the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that local governments can't seize land against the owner's wishes simply because the property is underused.
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By Ryan Teague Beckwith, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Dec. 18--Conservationists found an unlikely ally in the fight to save Marks Creek: a home builder.
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By Gene Crider, The Times and Democrat, Orangeburg, S.C.  Feb. 2--The S.C. Department of Transportation won't appeal the rejection  of its state water quality permit for the Briggs-DeLaine-Pearson Connector,  the department announced Thursday.
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By Elias E. Lopez, The Miami Herald  Dec. 10--Palmetto Bay Mayor Eugene Flinn asked residents to join him in a fight against overdevelopment in Miami-Dade County, rising insurance rates and "unfair" mitigation fees during his annual State of the Village address Wednesday.
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By Bob Shaw, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn.  Jun. 20--In a victory for the 3M Co., a judge ruled Tuesday that 67,700 residents of Washington County may not sue the company as a single group for damages allegedly suffered because of chemicals in their water.