DEANE HILL COUNTRY CLUB, INC. v. CITY OF KNOXVILLE

No. 17135.

379 F.2d 321 (1967)

DEANE HILL COUNTRY CLUB, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF KNOXVILLE and George F. McCanless, Attorney General of Tennessee, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

June 16, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Badgett, Knoxville, Tenn., for appellant.

Robert L. Crossley, Knoxville, Tenn., for City of Knoxville.

Milton P. Rice, Nashville, Tenn., for McCanless, Atty. Gen.

Before CELEBREZZE and PECK, Circuit Judges, and McALLISTER, Senior Circuit Judge.


PECK, Circuit Judge.

In 1960, the City of Knoxville, Tennessee, (the "City") annexed approximately 150 acres of land owned by plaintiff pursuant to Ordinance No. 3050. In this action, plaintiff attacks the ordinance and the state act authorizing said ordinance as unconstitutional under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments of the federal constitution.

The statutory provision pursuant to which Ordinance No. 3050 was...

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