5 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 33 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Caserta v. Zoning Board of Appeals.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caserta v. Zoning Board of Appeals Anchor | green | “following an appeal from the action of a zoning enforcement officer to a zoning board of appeals, a court reviewing the decision of the zoning board of appeals must focus, not on the decision of the zoning enforcement officer, but on the decision of the board and the record befo…” | 15 |
| 2 | Francini v. Zoning Board of Appeals | green | “in reviewing the actions of a zoning board of appeals we note that such a board is endowed with a liberal discretion, and its actions are subject to review by the courts only to determine whether they were unreasonable, arbitrary or illegal.” | 9 |
| 3 | Francini v. Zoning Board of Appeals | green | “is endowed with a liberal discretion, and its actions are subject to review by the courts only to determine whether they were unreasonable, arbitrary or illegal.” | 4 |
| 4 | Whittaker v. Zoning Board of Appeals | green | “the hardship which justifies a board of zoning appeals in granting a variance must be one which originates in the zoning ordinance . . . and arises directly out of the application of the ordinance to circumstances or conditions beyond the control of the party involved,” | 3 |
| 5 | Quality Sand & Gravel, Inc. v. Planning & Zoning Commission | green | “in light of the existence of a statutory right of appeal from the decisions of local zoning authorities . . . a court cannot take the view in every case that the discretion exercised by the local zoning authority must not be disturbed, for if it did the right of appeal would be …” | 2 |
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