Case Law Index
Urban Encroachment
January 1, 1985 - March 1, 2011
This index provides a comprehensive though not necessarily exhaustive compilation of reported and unreported federal and state court decisions involving the urbanization and agriculture that were decided on or after January 1, 1985. For those cases that have been summarized by the National Agricultural Law Center, a link is provided to the summary. The index will be regularly updated to reflect new judicial developments. The cases are listed in reverse chronological order.
The "Text" link goes to the freely available Google Scholar text of the opinion; the "Summary" link goes to a summary of the opinion written by the National Agricultural Law Center staff.
SUPREME COURT
Kelo v. City of New London, 545 U.S. 469 (2005) (economic development is a public use for eminent domain purposes) Text
FIRST CIRCUIT
Kunelius v. Town of Stow, 588 F.3d 1 (1st Cir. 2009) (tax relief to keep land agriculture; statutory right-of-first refusal for city) Text
Jones v. RCC Atlantic, Inc., No. 1:08-CV-196, 2009 WL 88344 (D. Vt. Jan. 12, 2009) (federal jurisdiction; conditional use permit to put cell tower on farm silo)
DeWolf v. Usher Cove Corp., 721 F. Supp. 1518 (D.R.I. 1989) (dispute over restrictive covenants) Text
SECOND CIRCUIT
Rivendell Winery, LLC v. Town of New Paltz, 725 F.Supp.2d 311, (N.D. N.Y. 2010) (zoning issues for a winery) Text
In re Jurgielewicz Duck Farm, No. 8-10-70231-478, 2010 WL 2025503 (Bankr. E.D. N.Y. May 20, 2010) (development rights on property sold in bankruptcy) Text
Bonnieview Homeowners Ass'n, LLC v. Woodmont Builders, LLC, No. Civ.A. 03CV4317, 2005 WL 2469665 (D.N.J. Oct. 6, 2005)(prior land contamination)
Bonnieview Homeowners Ass'n, LLC v. Woodmont Builders, LLC, No. Civ.A. 03-4317, 2006 WL 1982882 (D.N.J. July 13, 2006) (prior land contamination)
Saunders v. Hilpertshauser, 84 CIV. 6153 (MJL), 1988 WL 42146 (S.D.N.Y. Apr. 26, 1988) (chemical wastes dumped on farm)
THIRD
United States v. 27.93 Acres of Land, More or Less, Situate in Cumberland County, Com. of Pa. Tract No. 364-07, 924 F.2d 506 (3d Cir. 1991) (agricultural land condemnation proceeding) Text
FOURTH CIRCUIT
Bosley v. Baltimore County, Md., 804 F. Supp. 744 (D. Md. 1992) aff'd sub nom. Bosley v. Bosley, 986 F.2d 1412 (4th Cir. 1993) (dispute over removal of petition for creation of agricultural preservation district) Text
FIFTH CIRCUIT
Bluefield Water Ass'n, Inc. v. City of Starkville, 577 F.3d 250 (5th Cir. 2009) (city required to turn over customers to rural water district) Text
Albert v. Peavey Co., No. 04-1611, 2009 WL 321934 (E.D. La. Feb. 6, 2009) (burden of establishing "generally accepted ag practices") Summary
Norman v. Prestage Farms, Inc., No. 3:05CV64, 2007 WL 1031371 (N.D. Miss. Mar. 30, 2007) (right to farm act)
Albert v. Peavey Co., No. 04-1611, 2007 WL 809506 (E.D. La. 2007) (application of right to farm act apply to grain elevator)
In re Moore, 310 B.R. 795 (Bankr. N.D. Miss. 2004) (nuisance action) Text | Summary
Moore Bayou Water Ass'n, Inc. v. Town of Jonestown, Miss., 628 F. Supp. 1367 (N.D. Miss.1986) (alleged violation of section of the Agricultural Act) Text
SIXTH CIRCUIT
New Day Farms, LLC v. Bd. of Tr. of York Twp., No. 2:08-cv-01107, 2009 WL 4016480 (S.D. Ohio Nov. 17, 2009) (claim fire code passed to hurt egg farm) Text
Rondigo, LLC v. Twp. of Richmond, No. 08-10432, 2009 WL 1811595 (E.D. Mich. June 24, 2009) (zoning violations; Younger doctrine; res judicata)
Johnecheck v. Bay Twp, 119 F.App'x 707, (6th Cir. 2004) (windfarms not qualifying under agricultural use zoning)
Vill. of Grafton v. Rural Lorain County Water Auth., 316 F.Supp.2d 568 (N.D. Ohio 2004) (rural water district's service area) Text
Sierra Club, Inc. v. Tyson Foods, Inc., 299 F.Supp.2d 693 (W.D. Ky. 2003) (definition of facility under CERCLA) Text | Summary
V. Jacobs & Sons v. Saginaw County Dep't of Public Health, 284 F.Supp.2d 711 (E.D. Mich. 2003) (standing to challenge water drilling ordinance) Text | Summary
Lexington-S. Elkhorn Water Dist. v. City of Wilmore, Ky., 93 F.3d 230 (6th Cir. 1996)(seeking protection against encroachment) Text
Wayne v. Vill. of Sebring, 36 F.3d 517 (6th Cir. 1994) (class action against village and village officials) Text
France Stone Co., Inc. v. Charter Twp. of Monroe, 790 F. Supp. 707 (E.D. Mich. 1992) (mining activity on land zoned for agriculture) Text
Milne v. Twp. of Oregon, 777 F. Supp. 536 (E.D. Mich. 1991) (dispute over permit to produce wooden pallets on tree farm in agricultural/residential zone) Text
SEVENTH CIRCUIT
Muscarello v. Ogle County Bd. of Comm'rs, 610 F.3d 416 (7th Cir. 2010) (challenge to condemnation order for construction of windmill) Text
Guardian Pipeline, L.L.C. v. 295.49 Acres of Land, more or less, in Brown Co., Calumet Co., Dodge Co., Fond Du Lac Co., Jefferson Co., Outagamie Co., WI, No. 08-C-0028, 2010 WL 2925845 (E.D. Wis. Jul 22, 2010) (compensation for condemned land) Text
Muscarello v. Ogle County Bd. of Comm'rs, 610 F.3d 416, (7th Cir. 2010) (issuance of special use permits for windmills did not constitute a taking) Text
LeVake v. Zawistowski, No. 02-C-0657-C, 2004 WL 602649 (W.D. Wis. Mar. 2, 2004) (attorney fees under state right to farm act) Text
LeVake v. Zawistowski, No. 02-C-0657-C, 2003 WL 23095760 (W.D. Wis. Dec. 11, 2003) (lack of jurisdiction due to right to farm statute)
EIGHTH CIRCUIT
Overgaard v. Rock County Board of Comm'rs, No. Civ. A. 02-601, 2003 WL 21744235 (D. Minn. July 25, 2003) (hog operation challenged) Summary
Telecorp Realty, L.L.C. v. Bd. of Adjustment of Story County, CIV. 4-01-CV-10369, 2001 WL 1678736 (S.D. Iowa Nov. 20, 2001) (granting a permit to build a tower to provide wireless phone service)
Rural Water Sys. No. 1 v. City of Sioux Ctr., Iowa, 967 F. Supp. 1483 (N.D. Iowa 1997), aff'd sub nom., Rural Water Sys. No. 1 v. City of Sioux Ctr., 202 F.3d 1035 (8th Cir. 2000) (alleged violation of Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act) Text
Kjeldahl v. Glickman, 89 F.3d 841 (8th Cir. 1996) (dispute over lease of farmland subject to a conservation easement) Text
NINTH CIRCUIT
Adam Bros. Farming, Inc. v. County of Santa Barbara, 604 F.3d 1142 (9th Cir. 2010) (challenge to wetland delineation as a taking) Text
Nicholson v. County of Stanislaus, No. CV F 09-01941 AWISMS, 2010 WL 923729 (E.D. Cal. Mar. 12, 2010) (iris farm violated zoning) Text
Claxton v. County of Colusa, No. 2:08-cv-01058-MCE-EFB, 2010 WL 289165 (E.D. Cal. Jan. 15, 2010) (denial of permit to subdivision of farmland) Text
United States v. Park, 658 F.Supp.2d 1236 (D. Idaho Sept. 11, 2009) (construction of term "livestock" in scenic easement) Text
Schmidt v. Hoover, No. C. 08-5809 PJH, 2009 WL 1011715 (N.D. Cal. Apr. 15, 2009) (no liability for city in allowing open space to be grazed by cattle) Summary
BNSF Ry. Co. v. Coconino Land & Cattle, LLC, No. 07-8068-PCT-PGR, 2009 WL 806632 (D. Ariz. Mar. 26, 2009) (existence of an entry way on to property) Text | Summary
Citizens for Constitutional Fairness v. Jackson County, No. 08-3015-PA, 2008 WL 4890585 (D. Or. Nov. 12, 2008) (failure of county to waive zoning restriction) Summary
United States v. Park, 536 F.3d 1058 (9th Cir. 2008) (violation of scenic easement) Text | Summary
Fox Chapel v. Walters, No. CV 07-8008-PCT-JAT, 2007 WL 2265684 (D. Ariz. Aug. 6, 2007) (conservation easement) Text
Nat'l Wildlife Fed'n v. Espy, 45 F.3d 1337 (9th Cir. 1995) (dispute over transfer of property without creating easements to protect wetlands) Text
Christensen v. Yolo County Bd. of Sup'rs, 995 F.2d 161 (9th Cir. 1993) (challenge to prohibition of urban development of land) Text
Racine v. United States, 858 F.2d 506 (9th Cir. 1988) (holding that scenic easement did not preclude construction of dude ranch) Text
Furey v. City of Sacramento, 780 F.2d 1448 (9th Cir. 1986) (inverse condemnation action by owner of agriculturally zoned land) Text
TENTH CIRCUIT
Rural Water Dist. No. 4 v. City of Eudora, No. 07-2463-JAR, 2008 WL 695856 (D. Kan. Mar. 13, 2008) (annexation of rural water district's territory)
Beckham County Rural Water Dist. No. 3 v. City of Elk City, No. CIV-05-1485-F, 2007 WL 710208 (W.D. OK Mar. 6, 2007)(rural water district) Text
Sierra Club v. Seaboard Farms, Inc., 387 F.3d 1167 (10th Cir. 2004) (definition of "facility" under CERCLA) Text | Summary
Messiah Baptist Church v. County of Jefferson, State of Colo., 859 F.2d 820 (10th Cir. 1988) (precluding construction of church in agricultural zone) Text
ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
Agripost, LLC v. Miami-Dade County, Fla., 525 F.3d 1049 (11th Cir. 2008) (no regulatory taking with revocation of conditional use permit) Text
FEDERAL CIRCUIT
Lost Tree Village Corp. v. United States, 92 Fed.Cl. 711 (Fed. Cl. May 27, 2010) (takings claim involving wetlands)
McDonald v. United States, 92-116L, 1997 WL 2848 (Fed. Cl. Jan. 2, 1997) aff'd, 135 F.3d 778 (Fed. Cir. 1998) (taking of crop and recreational land, statute of limitations)
Hage v. United States, 91-1470L, 1996 WL 102801 (Fed. Cl. Mar. 8, 1996) (dispute over permit to graze livestock on federal land)
Schapiro v. C.I.R., 61 T.C.M. (CCH) 2215 (T.C. 1991) (dispute over values of conservation easements)
Laughlin v. United States, 22 Cl. Ct. 85 (Cl. Ct. 1990) aff'd, 975 F.2d 869 (Fed. Cir. 1992) (farmer's inverse condemnation claim) Text
Cooper v. United States, 11 Cl. Ct. 471 (Cl. Ct. 1987) rev'd, 827 F.2d 762 (Fed. Cir. 1987) (action against Government for taking without compensation) Text
TAX COURT
Kiva Dunes Conservation, LLC v. Comm'r, T.C. Memo 2009-145 (T.C. 2009) (qualified deduction for conservation easement) Text
Hughes v. Comm'r, T.C. Memo 2009-94, 2009 WL 1227938 (T.C. 2009) (charitable tax deduction for conservation easement granted to charity) Text
ALABAMA
Gebauer v. Lake Forest Prop. Owners Ass'n, Inc., 723 So. 2d 1288 (Ala. Civ. App. 1998) (failure to prove that keeping potbellied pig as pet created nuisance in neighborhood) Text
City of Birmingham v. Wilkinson, 516 So. 2d 585 (Ala. 1987) (dispute over annexation election) Text
Weldon v. State, 495 So. 2d 1113 (Ala. Civ. App. 1985) aff'd as modified sub nom. Ex parte Weldon, 495 So. 2d 1121 (Ala. 1986) (action to acquire fee simple title to farm) Text
ARIZONA
County of Cochise v. Faria, 212 P.3d 957 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2009) (heifer feeding pen operation not exempt from zoning regulation as "general agricultural purpose") Text
Petitioners for Deannexation v. City of Goodyear, 773 P.2d 1026 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1989) opinion approved of sub nom. Republic Inv. Fund I v. Town of Surprise, 800 P.2d 1251 (Ariz. 1990) (challenging the constitutionality of deannexation law) Text
Goodyear Farms v. City of Avondale, 714 P.2d 426 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1985) vacated, 714 P.2d 386 (Ariz. 1986) (challenging the constitutionality of municipal annexation ordinance) Text
ARKANSAS
Green v. Alpharma, Inc., 284 S.W.3d 29 (Ark. 2008) (claim that chicken litter causes cancer) Text
Utley v. City of Dover, 101 S.W.3d 191 (Ark. 2003) (annexation) Text
Town of Houston v. Carden, 965 S.W.2d 131 (Ark. 1998) (challenging county court's annexation order) Text
Arkansas State Highway Comm'n v. Lee Wilson & Co., Inc., 858 S.W.2d 137 (Ark. Ct. App. 1993) (dispute over compensation for lands taken by highway commission) Text
Arkansas State Highway Comm'n v. Russell, CA 91-143, 1991 WL 198884 (Ark. Ct. App. Oct. 2, 1991) (eminent domain for highway improvement)
Gay v. City of Springdale, 696 S.W.2d 723 (Ark. 1985) (challenging the validity of municipal annexation) Text
Holmes v. City of Little Rock, 686 S.W.2d 425 (Ark. 1985) (challenge to annexation ordinance) Text
CALIFORNIA
Building Industry Assn. of Cent. California v. County of Stanislaus, 190 Cal.App.4th 582 (Cal.Ct. App. 2010) (rezoning of land from agricultural to residential use conditioned upon obtaining agricultural easements) Text
Cherry Valley Pass Acres and Neighbors v. City of Beaumont, 190 Cal.App.4th 316 (Cal. Ct. App. 2010) (environmental impact report regarding agricultural impact on development project) Text
Shaw v. County of Santa Cruz, No. H031108, 2008 WL 5274617 (Cal. Ct. App. Dec. 19, 2008) (inverse condemnation claim; failure to grant electrical permit) Text | Summary
County of Humboldt v. McKee, 82 Cal.Rptr.3d 38 (Cal. Ct. App. 2008) (breach of agricultural preservation agreement) Text
Turlock Irrigation Dist. v. Zanker, 140 Cal.App.4th 1047 (Cal. Ct. App. 2006) (water connection was authorized) Text
San Joaquin Local Agency Formation Comm'n v. Superior Court, 162 Cal.App.4th 159 (Cal. Ct. App. 2008) (review of denial for irrigation district to provide power service) Text
Adams Bros. Farming, Inc. v. County of Santa Barbara, No. B180880, 2008 WL 565025 (Cal. Ct. App. Mar. 4, 2008) (challenging a county's community plan) Text
Fickewirth v. County of Placer, No. C049669, 2006 WL 2567998 (Cal. Ct. App. Sept. 7, 2006) (incompatible use with an "agricultural area")
S. County Citizens for Responsible Growth v. City of Elk Grove, No. C042302, 2004 WL 219789 (Cal. App. 3 Dist. Feb. 5, 2004) (zoning)
>Rancho Viejo, LLC v. Tres Amigos Viejos, LLC, 100 Cal. App. 4th 550 (Cal. Ct. App. 2002) (right to farm) Text |
City of Stockton v. Albert Brocchini Farms, Inc., 92 Cal. App. 4th 193 (Cal. Ct. App. 2001) (eminent domain action by city) Text
Ventura County Flood Control Dist. v. Campbell, 71 Cal. App. 4th 211 (Cal. Ct. App. 1999) (eminent domain action by county flood control district) Text
Contra Costa Water Dist. v. Vaquero Farms, Inc., 58 Cal. App. 4th 883 (Cal. Ct. App. 1997) (eminent domain by water district) Text
DeVita v. County of Napa, 889 P.2d 1019 (Cal. 1995) (dispute over redesignation of agricultural land) Text
Carter v. City of Porterville, 17 Cal. App. 4th 1588 (Cal. Ct. App. 1993) (action for inverse condemnation against city)
City of Porterville v. Young, 195 Cal. App. 3d 1260 (Cal. Ct. App. 1987) (eminent domain action) Text
Teresi v. State of California, 180 Cal. App. 3d 239 (Cal. Ct. App. 1986) (inverse condemnation and negligence claim) Text
Imperial Cattle Co. v. Imperial Irrigation Dist., 167 Cal. App. 3d 263 (Cal. Ct. App. 1985), disapproved of by, Bunch v. Coachella Valley Water Dist., 935 P.2d 796 (Cal. 1997) (action against irrigation district for damages caused by feedlot flooding) Text
COLORADO
City of Steamboat Springs v. Johnson, No. 09CA2520, 2010 WL 3035202 (Colo. Ct. App. Aug 05, 2010) (condemnation of greenbelt areas for highway use) Text
Palizzi v. City of Brighton, 228 P.3d 957 (Colo. 2010) (evidence to determine market value for condemned farm land) Text
Bd. of County Comm'r v. Rohrbach, --- P.3d ---, 2009 WL 2782684 (Colo. Ct. App. 2009) (failure by board to prove land was zoned agricultural) Text
Huber v. Kenna, 205 P.3d 1158 (Colo. 2009) (tax credit for donation of conservation easement is for aggregate value of donation) Text
Zweygardt v. Bd. of County Comm'rs of County of Elbert, 190 P.3d 848 (Colo. Ct. App. 2008) ("farm and ranch" zoning exception) Text
High Plains A & M, LLC v. Se. Colo. Water Conservancy Dist., 120 P.3d 710 (Colo. 2005) (change in use of water from irrigation to municipal) Text | Summary
ISG, LLC v. Ark. Valley Ditch Ass'n, 120 P.3d 724 (Colo. 2005) (change in use of water from irrigation to municipal) Text | Summary
E. Meadows Co., LLC v. Greeley Irrigation Co., 66 P.3d 214 (Colo. Ct. App. 2003) (overflow of irrigation district's trash racks near subdivision) Text
Herring v. Platte River Power Auth., 728 P.2d 709 (Colo. 1986) (damages in condemnation proceedings) Text
Linnebur v. Pub. Serv. Co. of Colorado, 716 P.2d 1120 (Colo. 1986) (action to condemn easement for installation of electrical transmission line) Text
CONNECTICUT
Mid Block Development, LLC v. Laydon Industries, Inc., No. CV096006032, 2010 WL 3025165 (Conn. Super. Ct. Jun 24, 2010) (negligence action)
Conservation Comm'n of Fairfield v. Dimaria, 989 A.2d 131, (Conn. App. Ct. 2010) (conservation easement; removal of fill material) Text
Hills v. Middletown Zoning Bd. of Appeals, No. CV084008624S, 2010 WL 625807 (Conn. App. Ct. Jan. 15, 2010) (horse training was not agriculture for zoning purposes)
Lallier v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals of Stafford, 986 A.2d 343 (Conn. App. Ct. 2010) (review of approval of permit to remove gravel) Text
Red 11, LLC v. Conservation Comm'n of Town of Fairfield, 980 A.2d 917 (Conn. App. Ct. 2009) (jurisdiction of city commission over wetlands) Text
Town of Canterbury v. Deojay, 971 A.2d 70, 114 Conn. App. 695 (Conn. App. Ct. 2009) (violation of zoning requirements when creating farm) Text
Heim v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals of New Orleans, 953 A.2d 877 (Conn. 2008) (denial of zoning permit for vet clinic) Text | Summary
Richardson v. Zoning Comm'n of Redding, 944 A.2d 360 (Conn. App. Ct. 2008) (proposed barn incidental to "farming" exception in zoning ordinances) Text
Lutz v. Planning & Zoning Comm'n of Haddam, No. CV074006701, 2008 WL 1971526 (Conn. Super. Ct. 2008) (review of granting special exemption for horse stable)
Borrelli v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals of Middletown, 941 A.2d 966 (Conn. App. Ct. 2008) (horse boarding facility did not violate zoning regulations) Text
Gresczyk v. Landis, No. HHCV044004887, 2006 WL 1644545 (Conn. Super. Ct. May 25, 2006)(Violation of farmland preservation agreement)
Morytko v. Westfort, No. CV0400600S, 2005 WL 1524799 (Conn. Super. Ct. May 31, 2005)(Right to Farm Act's application)
Havlicek v. Hills, No. CV030102301, 2003 WL 22962871 (Conn. Super. Ct. Dec. 5, 2003) (right to farm act)
Pestey v. Cushman, 788 A.2d 496 (Conn. 2002) (dairy as common law nuisance) Text | Summary
Town of Newington v. Estate of Young, 777 A.2d 219 (Conn. Super. Ct. 2000) (dispute over town's condemnation of farmland)
Southbury Land Trust, Inc. v. Andricovich, 757 A.2d 1263 (Conn. App. Ct. 2000) (dispute over parcel which was subject to conservation easement) Text
Cumberland Farms, Inc. v. Town of Groton, 539192, 1999 WL 1063284 (Conn. Super. Ct. Nov. 4, 1999) aff'd, 808 A.2d 1107 (Conn. 2002) (dispute over the right to a jury trial in an inverse condemnation action)
Pestey v. Cushman, 530238, 1994 WL 720359 (Conn. Super. Ct. 1994) (action against dairy farmers, including nuisance claim)
S. Farms Associates Ltd. P'ship v. Burns, 644 A.2d 940 (Conn. App. Ct. 1994) (dispute over damages caused by taking of land) Text
Conyers Farm Corp. v. Lev, CV 90 0107880, 1994 WL 240448 (Conn. Super. Ct. May 25, 1994) (alleged violation of restrictive covenants)
DELAWARE
CCS Investors, LLC v. Brown, 977 A.2d 301 (Del. 2009) (awareness of conservation easement; variance) Text
In re 244.5 Acres of Land, 808 A.2d 753 (Del. 2002) (ag preservation district) Summary
Lawson v. Sussex County Council, CIV. A. 1615-S, 1995 WL 405733 (Del. Ch. June 14, 1995) (challenging the validity of ordinance changing land from agricultural residential heavy industrial)
City of Dover v. Cartanza, 541 A.2d 580 (Del. Super. Ct. 1988) (city's action to condemn certain agricultural lands) Text
FLORIDA
Keene v. Zoning Bd. of Adjustment, 22 So.3d 665 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2009) (challenging special use permit for horse stable) Text
Kupke v. Orange County, 838 So.2d 598 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2003) (due process) Text | Summary
Brevard County v. A. Duda & Sons, Inc., 742 So. 2d 476 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999) (action to acquire drainage easement) Text
Florida Dep't. of Agric. v. Go Bungee, Inc., 678 So. 2d 920 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1996) (inverse condemnation action) Text
Polk County v. Grooms, 625 So. 2d 1249 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1993) (reversal of business damages in an eminent domain proceeding) Text
Conner v. Mid-Florida Growers, Inc., 541 So. 2d 1252 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1989) (challenge to the inverse condemnation judgment) Text
Schick v. Florida Dep't. of Agric., 504 So. 2d 1318 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1987) (claim for inverse condemnation) Text
Carvel Corp. v. Div. of Admin., State Dep't. of Transp., 473 So. 2d 48 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1985) (defining of the highest and best use of agricultural property) Text
GEORGIA
C & H Dev., LLC v. Franklin County, 670 S.E.2d 491 (Ga. Ct. App. 2008) (review of conditional use permit issued for chicken house) Text | Summary
Morrison v. Claborn, 669 S.E.2d 492 (Ga. Ct. App. 2008) (denial of conservation use assessment of property) Text | Summary
Cherokee County v. City of Holly Springs, 667 S.E.2d 78 (Ga. 2008) (injunction to prevent annexation) Text | Summary
Dep't of Transp. v. Patten Seed Co., 660 S.E.2d 30 (Ga. Ct. App. 2008) (just compensation for condemnation of agricultural land) Text
Terrell v. Payne, 622 S.E.2d 330 (Ga. 2005) (nuisance) Text | Summary
Payne v. Terrell, 604 S.E.2d 551 (Ga. Ct. App. 2004) (nuisance) Text | Summary
Gibson v. Huffman, 540 S.E.2d 222 (Ga. Ct. App. 2000) (alleged violation of restrictive covenant by residential development) Text
Dep't of Transp. v. Davison Inv. Co., Inc., 470 S.E.2d 900 (Ga. Ct. App. 1996), rev'd sub nom. , Dep't of Transp. v. Davison Inv. Co., 481 S.E.2d 522 (Ga. 1997), vacated, 486 S.E.2d 83 (Ga. Ct. App. 1997) (farmland condemnation by transportation department) Text
Bland v. Bulloch County, 422 S.E.2d 223 (Ga. Ct. App. 1992) (dispute over damages for partial taking of land) Text
Holbrook v. Davison, 375 S.E.2d 840 (Ga. 1989) (alleged violation of restrictive covenants by using lots to maintain cows and horses) Text
HAWAI'I
County of Hawaii v. Ala Loop Homeowners, 235 P.3d 1103 (Haw 2010) (charter school creating a working farm in an agricultural district) Text
County of Hawaii v. Ala Loop Homeowners, No. 27707, 2009 WL 623377 (Haw. Ct. App. Mar. 12, 2009) (challenging special use permit for agricultural district) Text
Save Sunset Beach Coal. v. City & County of Honolulu, 78 P.3d 1 (Haw. 2003)(changing agricultural zoning district) Text
Curtis v. Bd. of Appeals, County of Hawai'i, 978 P.2d 822 (Haw. 1999) (cellular phone towers in agricultural districts) Text
Maha'ulepu v. Land Use Comm'n, 790 P.2d 906 (Haw. 1990) (dispute over permit for construction of golf course on prime agricultural land) Text
IDAHO
Giltner Dairy, LLC v. Jerome County, No. 36528, 2011 WL 917332 (Idaho March 17, 2011) (rezoning of land adjacent to dairy)
Idaho Dairymen's Ass'n v. Gooding County, 227 P.3d 907 (Idaho 2010) (challenging county CAFO ordinance) Text
Moon v. N. Idaho Farmers Ass'n, 96 P.3d 637 (Idaho 2004) (constitutionality of Smoke Management and Crop Residue Disposal Act) Text | Summary
McAnally v. Bonjac, Inc., 50 P.3d 983 (Idaho 2002) (out-of-state jurisdiction over farm) Text | Summary
Scott v. Gooding County, 46 P.3d 23, 26 (Idaho 2002) (county CAFO ordinance challenged) Text | Summary
Gooding County v. Wybenga, 46 P.3d 18 (Idaho 2002) (county CAFO ordinance upheld) Text | Summary
Whitted v. Canyon County Board of Comm'rs, 44 P.3d 1173 (Idaho 2002) (development of farmland allowed) Text | Summary
Crea v. Crea, 16 P.3d 922 (Idaho 2000) (determination that expanded farrow-to-finish hog operation was private nuisance) Text
Price v. Payette County Bd. of County Comm'rs, 958 P.2d 583 (Idaho 1998) (dispute over zoning change of property from prime agricultural to residential) Text
Howard v. Canyon County Bd. of Comm'rs, 915 P.2d 709 (Idaho 1996) (denying placement of residential subdivision on land zoned for agricultural use) Text
Baxter v. City of Preston, 768 P.2d 1340 (Idaho 1989) (alleged violation of zoning ordinance by extension of nonconforming use) Text
ILLINOIS
King v. De Kalb County Planning Dep't, 917 N.E.2d 36 (Ill. App. Ct. 2009) (denial of permit to build farm residence) Text
In re Vill. of Bull Valley, 912 N.E.2d 194 (Ill. App. Ct. 2009) (annexation of farmland by city) Text
Rochester Buckhart Action Group v. Young, 887 N.E.2d 49 (Ill. App. Ct. 2008) (application of state livestock management facilities act) Text | Summary
Elementary Sch. Dist. 159 v. Schiller, 849 N.E.2d 349 (Ill. 2006) (annexation) Text
County of Kendall v. Rosenwinkel, 818 N.E.2d 425 (Ill. App. Ct. 2004) (zoning violations in building a grain bin) Text
Dep't of Transp. v. Sunnyside P'ship, LP., 785 N.E.2d 1018 (Ill. App. Ct. 2003) (compliance with farmland preservation act when exercising eminent domain power) Text
Dep't of Transp. v. Bolis, 730 N.E.2d 1152 (Ill. App. Ct. 2000) (eminent domain action) Text
N. Trust Bank/Lake Forest, N.A. v. County of Lake, 723 N.E.2d 1269 (Ill. App. Ct. 2000) (affirming denial of application to rezone property from countryside to suburban) Text
Twigg v. County of Will, 627 N.E.2d 742 (Ill. App. Ct. 1994) (challenging the constitutionality of zoning ordinance, agricultural classification) Text
PBM Stone, Inc. v. Palzer, 622 N.E.2d 71 (Ill. App. Ct. 1993) (quarry operation in agricultural district) Text
Citizens For Conservation v. Vill. of Lake Barrington, 608 N.E.2d 653 (Ill. App. Ct. 1993) (petition to disconnect territory from village) Text
New Lenox State Bank v. County of Will, 563 N.E.2d 505 (Ill. App. Ct. 1990) (dispute over rezoning from agricultural to intensive industrial use) Text
Vill. of Goodfield v. Jamison, 544 N.E.2d 1229 (Ill. App. Ct. 1989) (dispute over building of hog transfer station close to corporate limits of village) Text
Town of Libertyville v. Cont'l Illinois Nat. Bank & Trust Co. of Chicago, 543 N.E.2d 350 (Ill. App. Ct. 1989) (action to condemn interest in farm land) Text
Kolstad v. Rankin, 534 N.E.2d 1373 (Ill. App. Ct. 1989) (nuisance suit owner of firing range) Text
Town of Libertyville v. Connors, 541 N.E.2d 250 (Ill. App. Ct. 1989) (dispute over agricultural exception to condemnation) Text
Dep't of Transp. of State of Ill., for & on Behalf of People v. Gass, 519 N.E.2d 90 (Ill. App. Ct. 1988), overruled by, Illinois State Toll Highway Auth. v. Am. Nat. Bank & Trust Co. of Chicago, 642 N.E.2d 1249 (Ill. 1994) (eminent domain with respect to farm needed for construction of interstate highway) Text
Town of Libertyville v. Bank of Waukegan, 504 N.E.2d 1305 (Ill. App. Ct. 1987) (authority to condemn a conservation easement on agricultural land) Text
Knor v. Madison County, 502 N.E.2d 1063 (Ill. App. Ct. 1986) (dispute over permit to establish gun club in agricultural district) Text
Dep't of Transp. for & on Behalf of People v. Keller, 500 N.E.2d 982 (Ill. App. Ct. 1986) (action to condemn land for purpose of constructing highway) Text
City Nat. Bank of Kankakee v. Kendall County, 489 N.E.2d 486 (Ill. App. Ct. 1986) (challenging constitutionality of zoning ordinance) Text
INDIANA
Daily v. Columbus Bd. of Zoning Appeals, 909 N.E.2d 1038 (Ind. Ct. App. 2009) (denial of temporary use permit for a farmers' market) Text
Thomas v. Blackford County Area Bd. of Zoning Appeals, 907 N.E.2d 988 (Ind. 2009) (no standing to challenge special exception to zoning law received by dairy) Text
Benton County Remonstrators v. Bd. of Zoning Appeals of Benton County, 905 N.E.2d 1090 (Ind. Ct. App. 2009) (two special applications granted for CAFO construction; proper notice given to landowners) Text | Summary
Daily v. Columbus Bd. of Zoning Appeals, 904 N.E.2d 343 (Ind. Ct. App. 2009) (denial of temporary use permit for a farmers' market) Text
Lindsey v. DeGroot, 898 N.E.2d 1251 (Ind. Ct. App. 2009) (constitutionality of Right to Farm Act; negligence claim covered by Right to Farm statute) Text | Summary
Terra Nova Dairy, LLC v. Wabash County Bd. of Zoning Appeals, 890 N.E.2d 98 (Ind. Ct. App. 2008) (denial of improvement location permit for new dairy) Text | Summary
Thomas v. Blackford County Area Bd. of Zoning Appeals, No. 05A04-0711-CV-731, 2008 WL 2854526 (Ind. Ct. App. July 25, 2008) (standing to challenge grant of CAFO special zoning exemption) Summary
In re Membership of Benton County Bd. of Zoning Appeals, 886 N.E.2d 654, 2008 WL 2152348 (Ind. Ct. App. 2008) (conflict of interest by zoning authority)
Sexton v. Jackson County Bd. of Zoning, 884 N.E.2d 889 (Ind. Ct. App. 2008) (standing to challenge granting of special exemption to build hog farm) Text
Ind. Dep't of Natural Res. v. Newton County, 802 N.E.2d 430 (Ind. 2004) (County Farmland Preservation ordinance challenged) Text
Bradley v. City of New Castle, 730 N.E.2d 771 (Ind. Ct. App. 2000), transfer granted, opinion vacated, 753 N.E.2d 10 (Ind. 2001), vacated, 764 N.E.2d 212 (Ind. 2002) (dispute over annexation) Text
Town of Newburgh v. Pecka, 609 N.E.2d 1152 (Ind. Ct. App. 1993) (lost profits from farming were not appropriate element of damages in condemnation proceeding) Text
Day v. Ryan, 560 N.E.2d 77 (Ind. Ct. App. 1990) (violation of agricultural zoning ordinance by stockyard owners) Text
IOWA
Dalarna Farms v. Access Energy Coop., 792 N.W.2d 656 (Iowa 2010) (nuisance action by dairy against electric utility for low milk production due to stray voltage) Text
City of Clear Lake v. Kramer, No. 9-1689, 2010 WL 3157759 (Iowa. Ct. App. Aug. 11, 2010) (impact of new zoning restricts on prior owner) Text
City of Johnston v. Christenson, No. 07-1857, 2009 WL 1211868 (Iowa Ct. App. May 6, 2009) (nonconforming use) Text
Vanwyk Farms, L.C. v. Poweshiek County Bd. of Supervisors, No. 07-1958, 2009 WL 778086 (Iowa Ct. App. May 26, 2009) (challenging rezoning for agricultural purposes for building of an ethanol plant) Text | Summary
Simpson v. Kollasch, 749 N.W.2d 671 (Iowa 2008) (failure to prove anticipatory negligence by neighbors of a hog farm) Text | Summary
Worth County Friends of Agric. v. Worth County, 688 N.W.2d 257 (Iowa 2004) (home rule authority) Text | Summary
Gacke v. Pork Xtra, L.L.C., 684 N.W.2d 168 (Iowa 2004) (validity of right to farm law) Text | Summary
In re Estate of Hurt, 681 N.W.2d 257 (Iowa 2004) (validity of agricultural easement) Text
Martins v. Interstate Power Co., 652 N.W.2d 657 (Iowa 2002) (stray voltage nuisance claim) Text | Summary
Comes v. City of Atl., 601 N.W.2d 93 (Iowa 1999) (action to enjoin city from condemnation of farm) Text
Kuehl v. Cass County, 555 N.W.2d 686 (Iowa 1996) ("agricultural purposes" exemption and zoning regulations) Text
Goodwin v. Iowa State Highway Comm'n, 369 N.W.2d 816 (Iowa 1985) (abandoned eminent domain proceeding and compensation) Text
Little v. Winborn, 518 N.W.2d 384 (Iowa 1994) (challenging rezoning of agricultural property) Text
KANSAS
Zimmerman v. Bd. of County Comm'rs, 218 P.3d 400 (Kan. 2009) (zoning to prohibit wind farms) Text
Bice v. City of Rexford, 2007 WL 2915611, (Kan. Ct. App. Oct. 5, 2007) (city ordinance challenged under state's right to farm law) Text
Seward County v. Navarro, 133 P.3d 1283 (Kan. Ct. App. 2006) ("agricultural purpose" defined) Text
David v. Bd. of Comm'rs of Norton County, 89 P.3d 893 (Kan. 2004) (county CAFO law challenged) Text | Summary
Application of City of Great Bend, Kan., 869 P.2d 587 (Kan. 1994) (dispute over condemnation damages) Text
Petition of City of Kansas City to Bd. of County Comm'rs of Wyandotte County for Annexation of Land Pursuant to K.S.A. 12-521, 856 P.2d 144 (Kan. 1993) (incorporation; annexation; doctrine of prior jurisdiction) Text
Finlay v. Finlay, 856 P.2d 183 (Kan. Ct. App. 1993) (nuisance claim against cattle feeding operation) Text
Corbet v. Bd. of Shawnee County Comm'rs, 783 P.2d 1310 (Kan. Ct. App. 1989) (hunting preserve on property zoned agricultural) Text
Miami County v. Svoboda, 955 P.2d 122 (Kan. 1998) (zoning violation complaint against sod farmer) Text
Cedar Creek Properties, Inc. v. Bd. of County Comm'rs, Johnson County, 779 P.2d 463 (Kan. Ct. App. 1989) rev'd, 789 P.2d 1170 (Kan. 1990) (lack of standing to challenge annexation) Text
Grainland Farms, Inc. v. Arkansas Louisiana Gas Co., a Div. of Arkla, Inc., 722 P.2d 1125 (Kan. Ct. App. 1986) (farmland owner's trespass action against pipeline company) Text
City of Shawnee v. Webb, 694 P.2d 896 (Kan. 1985) (eminent domain action by city) Text
KENTUCKY
Upchurch v. Cumberland Co. Fiscal Ct., No. 2000-CA-002607-MR, 2003 WL 253171 (Ky. Ct. App. Jan 31, 2003) (county poultry law upheld) Summary
Kipling v. City of White Plains, 80 S.W.3d 776 (Ky. Ct. App. 2001) (dispute over farm condemnation by city) Text
City of Bowling Green v. Cooksey, 858 S.W.2d 190 (Ky. Ct. App. 1992) (action to obtain fee simple title to farmland near airport) Text
Duerson v. E. Kentucky Power Co-op., Inc., 843 S.W.2d 340 (Ky. Ct. App. 1992) (action to condemn rights-of-way for purpose of erecting electric transmission lines) Text
LOUISIANA
Huckabay v. Red River Waterway Comm'n, 663 So. 2d 414 (La. Ct. App. 1995) (pasture land lessees' action for damages caused by eviction) Text
Red River Waterway Comm'n v. Blewer, 631 So. 2d 1279 (La. Ct. App. 1994) (reversal of damages for future lost profits resulting from farm expropriation) Text
Red River Waterway Comm'n v. Waddle, 631 So. 2d 1266 (La. Ct. App. 1994) (dispute over expropriation of farmland for purposes of navigation channel) Text
Naquin v. Dep't of Transp. & Dev. of State of La., 604 So. 2d 62 (La. Ct. App. 1992) (appeal taken from eminent domain action) Text
Mathis v. City of DeRidder, 599 So. 2d 378 (La. Ct. App. 1992) (liability for taking farmland without compensation) Text
State, Dep't. of Transp. & Dev. v. Dietrich, 555 So. 2d 1355 (La. 1990) (expropriation of tract for interstate highway) Text
State, Dep't. of Transp. & Dev. v. Ford, 470 So. 2d 389 (La. Ct. App. 1985) (action to expropriate part of agricultural land for highway purposes) Text
State, Dep't. of Transp. & Dev. v. Henry, 468 So. 2d 1262 (La. Ct. App. 1985) (expropriation suit against owners of farmland) Text
MAINE
Rudolph v. Golick, 8 A.3d 684 (Maine 2010) (horse boarding enterprise constituted animal husbandry for purposes of building permit) Text
Rudolph v. Golick, 8 A.3d 684 (Me. Oct. 26, 2010) (horse boarding enterprise constituted "animal husbandry" for zoning purposes) Text
Windham Land Trust v. Jeffords, 967 A.2d 690 (Me. 2009) (violation of conservation easement) Text
MARYLAND
Pomeranc-Burke, LLC v. Wicomico Envmnt'l Trust, Ltd., No. 2492, 2011 WL 711995 (Md. Ct. Spec. App. March 2, 2011) (planned "cluster subdivision" on land zoned for agricultural use)
Stitzel v. State, 6 A.3d 935 (Md. Ct. App. Oct. 5, 2010) (voided sale of land subject to agricultural preservation easement without state approval) Text
Md. Agric. Land Pres. Found. v. Claggett, 985 A.2d 565 (Md. 2009) (agricultural preservation easement) Text
Claggett v. Md. Agric. Land Pres. Found., 957 A.2d 1083 (Md. Ct. Spec. App. 2008) (release of agricultural easement to build home) Text | Summary
Cinque v. Montgomery County Planning Bd., 918 A.2d 1254 (Md. Ct. Spec. App. 2007)(agricultural land preservation) Text
Marzullo v. Kahl, 783 A.2d 169 (Md. 2001) (breeding, raising, and selling snakes and reptiles is not a farming activity) Text
County Comm'rs of Queen Anne's County v. Soaring Vistas Properties, Inc., 708 A.2d 1066 (Md. Ct. Spec. App. 1998), rev'd sub nom., Soaring Vista Properties, Inc. v. Bd. of County Commissioners of Queen Anne's County, 741 A.2d 1110 (Md. 1999) (state law did not preempt local ordinance) Text
Holbrook v. Bd. of County Comm'rs of Cecil County, 520 A.2d 1096 (Md. Ct. Spec. App. 1987), rev'd sub nom., Bd. of County Comm'rs for Cecil County v. Holbrook, 550 A.2d 664 (Md. 1988), disapproved of by People's Counsel for Baltimore County v. Loyola Coll. in Maryland, 956 A.2d 166 (Md. 2008) (dispute over permit to maintain mobile home on land zoned for agricultural use) Text
MASSACHUSETTS
Wright v. Patriakeas, No. 298839, 2010 WL 3385565 (Mass. Land. Ct. Aug. 27, 2010) (pony-riding business was considered agricultural use and was thus exempted from obtaining special permit)
Wildstar Farm v. Malster, No. 09 PS 407541 (AHS), 2010 WL 3210728 (Mass. Land. Ct. Aug. 13, 2010) (whether horse farm is an "as-of-right use")
Town of Barnstable v. Cape Wind Assoc., LLC, 27 Mass.L.Rptr. 111, 2010 WL 2436837 (Mass. Super. Ct. 2010) (challenge to a final environmental impact report concerning a wind farm)
Chase v. Trust for Pub. Land, No. 329075(KCL), 2008 WL 642635 (Mass. Land Ct. Mar. 11, 2008) (conservation restriction)
Winer v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals of Harwich, No. 03610, 2004 WL 2075463, at *1 (Mass. Super. Ct. July 29, 2004) (application of local ordinance) Summary
Twomey v. Comm'r of Food & Agric., 759 N.E.2d 691 (Mass. 2001) (dispute over construction of dwelling on agricultural preservation restriction property) Text
Town of Natick v. Modern Cont'l Const., CIV.A. 96-03843-J, 1998 WL 517698 (Mass. Super. Mar. 27, 1998) (alleged violation of zoning requirements by operating a restaurant on farm premises)
Town of Eastham v. Clancy, 686 N.E.2d 1093 (Mass. App. Ct. 1997) (failure to qualify for agricultural exemption to zoning by-law)
Johnson v. Town of Edgartown, 680 N.E.2d 37 (Mass. 1997) (challenge to a three-acre minimum area requirement for residential lots) Text
Miczek v. Com., 586 N.E.2d 1004 (Mass. App. Ct. 1992) (eminent domain and compensation) Text
Bennett v. Comm'r of Food & Agric., 576 N.E.2d 1365 (Mass. 1991) (dispute over authority in controlling the location of farmhouse) Text
Babin v. Duke, 137166, 1991 WL 11259394 (Mass. Land Ct. July 9, 1991) (expansion of nonconforming use by operating a commercial greenhouse)
MICHIGAN
Medina Twp. v. Davis, No. 281120, 2009 WL 50073 (Mich. Ct. App. Jan. 8, 2009) (violation of terms of special use permit) Text
DF Land Dev., L.L.C. v. Charter Twp. of Ann Arbor, No. 275859, 2008 WL 4684083 (Mich. Ct. App. Oct. 23, 2008) (denial of rezoning of agricultural to residential) Text | Summary
War-Ag Farms, L.L.C. v. Franklin Twp., 2008 WL 4604392 (Mich. Ct. App. Oct. 7, 2008) (denial of CUP to sell pesticide at farm) Text | Summary
Four Twp. Citizens' Coal. v. Rondigo, LLC, No. 275471, 2008 WL 2357667 (Mich. Ct. App. June 10, 2008) (standing to challenge composting operation) Text
Woodland Hills Homeowners Ass'n of Thetford Twp. v. Thetford Twp., No. 275315, 2008 WL 2117147 (Mich. Ct. App. May 20, 2008) (preemption of local ordinance by right to farm law) Text
People of Twp. of Clay v. Templeton, No. 271082, 2007 WL 3357681 (Mich. Ct. App. Nov. 13, 2007) (attorney's fees under right to farm statute)
Papadelis v. City of Troy, 733 N.W.2d 397 (Mich. 2007) (right to farm act did not exempt from local ordinances) Text
Twp. of Armada v. Marah, No. 268142, 2006 WL 2742061 (Mich. Ct. App. Sept. 26, 2006) (right to farm act)
Vasko v. Dep't of Agric., No. 257534, 2006 WL 250949 (Mich. Ct. App. Feb. 2, 2006) (constitutionality of right to farm act)
King of the Wind Farms, Inc. v. Mich. Comm'n of Agric., No. 237097, 2005 WL 3556150 (Mich. Ct. App., Dec. 29, 2005) (composting operation)
Charter Twp. of Shelby v. Papesh, 704 N.W.2d 92 (Mich. Ct. App. 2005) (zoning and state right to farm act) Text
Vill. of Rothbury v. Double JJ Resort Ranch, Inc., No. 246596, 2004 WL 1837835 (Mich. Ct. App., Aug. 17, 2004) (right to farm) Summary
Padgett v. Mason County Zoning Comm'n, No. 236458, 2003 WL 22902878 (Mich. Ct. App. Dec. 9, 2003) (local zoning ordinance)
Milan Twp. v. Jaworski, No. 240444, 2003 WL 22872141 (Mich. Ct. App. Dec. 4, 2003) (preemption of local zoning ordinance by right to farm act)
Twp. of Macomb v. Michaels, No. 229228, 2003 WL 1785806 (Mich. Ct. App. June 1, 2003) (local zoning ordinance)
Janssen v. Holland Charter Twp. Zoning Bd. of Appeals, 651 N.W.2d 464 (Mich. Ct. App. 2002) (zoning variance upheld) Text | Summary
Travis v. Preston, 643 N.W.2d 235 (Mich. App. 2002) (hog operation challenged, right to farm) Text | Summary
Sun Communities v. Leroy Twp., 617 N.W.2d 42 (Mich. Ct. App. 2000) (denial of rezoning, constitutional claims) Text
Forner v. Allendale Charter Twp., 212531, 2000 WL 33419419 (Mich. Ct. App. May 26, 2000) (challenging the constitutionality of zoning, alleged taking without just compensation)
Bell River Associates v. China Charter Twp., 565 N.W.2d 695 (Mich. Ct. App. 1997) (dispute over rezoning of land from agricultural to multifamily housing) Text
Steffens v. Keeler, 503 N.W.2d 675 (Mich. Ct. App. 1993) (holding that pig farmers were protected by Right to Farm Act from nuisance claims) Text
Richmond Twp. v. Erbes, 489 N.W.2d 504 (Mich. Ct. App. 1992) (wood pallets were not "farm products" protected under the Right to Farm Act) Text
Jerome Twp. v. Melchi, 457 N.W.2d 52 (Mich. Ct. App. 1990) (action against property owners maintaining apiary in area zoned residential) Text
Northville Twp. v. Coyne, 429 N.W.2d 185 (Mich. Ct. App. 1988) (dispute over razing of barn which was constructed without zoning variance and building permit) Text
Vill. of Peck v. Hoist, 396 N.W.2d 536 (Mich. Ct. App. 1986) (action to compel owners of buildings and dwellings within village to use public sewer system) Text
MINNESOTA
County of Stearns v. Voller, 584 N.W.2d 800 (Minn. Ct. App. 1998) (condemnation of land and the absolute necessity standard) Text
Johnson v. Steele-Waseca Co-op. Elec., 469 N.W.2d 517 (Minn. Ct. App. 1991) (damage to cattle caused by stray voltage) Text
Woolston v. Monticello Orderly Annexation Area Bd., C0-90-1389, 1990 WL 204290 (Minn. Ct. App. Dec. 18, 1990) (denying the request to rezone property from agricultural to residential)
Madson v. Overby, 425 N.W.2d 270 (Minn. Ct. App. 1988) (commercial use of land designated as agricultural preserve land) Text
Wright County v. Kennedy, 415 N.W.2d 728 (Minn. Ct. App. 1987) (dispute over removal of mobile home upon r expiration of temporary use permit) Text
MISSISSIPPI
Belager-Price v. Lingle, 28 So.3d 706 (Miss. Ct. App. 2010) (restrictive covenants; building horse barn) Text
Whitley v. City of Brandon, 15 So.3d 483 (Miss. Ct. App. 2009) (farm qualified as a non-conforming use) Text
In re Extension of the Boundaries of the City of Batesville, Panola County, 760 So. 2d 697 (Miss. 2000) (holding that annexation of entire area was not reasonable) Text
Oughton v. Gaddis, 683 So. 2d 390 (Miss. 1996) (challenging decision to grant easement) Text
Dennis v. City Council of Greenville, 646 So. 2d 1290 (Miss. 1994) (challenging compensation award in eminent domain proceeding) Text
Faircloth v. Lyles, 592 So. 2d 941 (Miss. 1991) (holding that agricultural classification included commercial extraction of sand) Text
Matter of Enlargement of Corporate Limits of City of Hattiesburg, 588 So. 2d 814 (Miss. 1991) (dispute over annexation) Text
City of Greenville v. Farmers, Inc., 513 So. 2d 932 (Miss. 1987) (dispute over annexation by city) Text
MISSOURI
State ex rel. Missouri Parks Ass'n v. Missouri Dep't of Nat. Res., 316 S.W. 3D 275 (Mo. Ct. App. 2010) (effort to revoke concentrated animal feed operations construction permit due to impacts on village) Text
Bd. of Dirs. of Richmond Twp. v. Kenoma, LLC, 284 S.W.3d 672 (Mo. Ct. App. 2009) (town lacked authority to regulate hog farm) Text
Missouri ex rel. Missouri Highways & Transp. Comm'n v. Greenwood, 269 S.W.3d 449 (Mo. Ct. App. 2008) (just compensation of farmland condemned) Text
Gash v. Lafayette County, 245 S.W.3d 229 (Mo. 2008) (review of zoning land as agricultural) Text
City of Kansas City v. Hon, 972 S.W.2d 407 (Mo. Ct. App. 1998) (action to condemn land for expanding international airport) Text
State ex rel. Dierberg v. Bd. of Zoning Adjustment of St. Charles County, 869 S.W.2d 865 (Mo. Ct. App. 1994) (nonconforming use of private hunting club) Text
Greene County Concerned Citizens v. Bd. of Zoning Adjustment of Greene County, 873 S.W.2d 246 (Mo. Ct. App. 1994) (dispute over "conditional use permit" for materials recovery facility in agricultural district) Text
State ex rel. Missouri Highway & Transp. Comm'n v. Modern Tractor & Supply Co., 839 S.W.2d 642 (Mo. Ct. App. 1992) (easement for construction of freeway over farm) Text
MINNESOTA
Siewert v. N. States Power Co., 793 N.W.2d 272 (Minn. 2011) (action by dairy farmers against electric utility for effects of stray voltage on cows) Text
Wendinger v. Forst Farms, Inc., 662 N.W.2d 546, (Minn. Ct. App. 2003) (hog operation challenged in nuisance) Text | Summary
Schwardt v. County of Watonwan, 656 N.W.2d 383 (Minn. 2003) (hog farm permit granted) Text | Summary
MONTANA
Plains Grains Ltd. P'ship v. Bd. of County Comm'rs of Cascade County, 238 P.3d 332 (Mont. 2010) (rezoning of agricultural land) Text
Hansen v. Granite County, --- P.3d ----, 2010 WL 1858481 (Mont. 2010) (denial and costs associated with proposed subdivision) Text
King v. Van Setten, No. 2004 MT 171N, 2004 WL 1447736 (Mont. June 29, 2004) (irrigation return water was a nuisance) Summary
Wells v. Young, 47 P.3d 809 (Mont. 2002) (irrigation practices challenged) Text | Summary
Richter v. Rose, 962 P.2d 583 (Mont. 1998), abrogated by Watson v. Dundas, 136 P.3d 973(determining of "farm" for eminent domain purposes) Text
Fox Farm Estates Landowners Ass'n v. Kreisch, 947 P.2d 79 (Mont. 1997) (action to enforce a restrictive covenant) Text
Whistler v. Burlington N. R. Co., 741 P.2d 422 (Mont. 1987) (allowing a fuel tank to be built on land zoned agricultural-open space) Text
State By & Through Dep't. of Highways v. Donnes, 711 P.2d 805 (Mont. 1985) (dispute over compensation for temporary taking of road on ranch) Text
NEBRASKA
Agena v. Lancaster County Bd. of Equalization, 276 Neb. 851 (Neb. 2008) (challenging loss of greenbelt tax status) Text
Johnson v. Knox County P'ship, 728 N.W.2d 101 (Neb. 2007) (challenge that feedlot violated zoning ordinances) Text | Summary
Stephens v. Pillen, 681 N.W.2d 59 (Neb. Ct. App. 2004) (nuisance damages) Text | Summary
Soukop v. ConAgra, Inc., 653 N.W.2d 655 (Neb. 2002) (retroactivity of right to farm act) Text | Summary
Premium Farms v. County of Holt, 640 N.W.2d 633, (Neb. 2002) (county regulatory authority) Text | Summary
Heye Farms, Inc. v. State, Dep't of Roads, 558 N.W.2d 306 (Neb. 1997) (eminent domain action) Text
Johnson v. City of Hastings, 488 N.W.2d 20 (Neb. 1992) (challenging annexation by city) Text
Rose v. City of Lincoln, 449 N.W.2d 522 (Neb. 1989) (inverse condemnation action against city) Text
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Kalil v. Zoning Bd. of Adjustment of Dummer, 992 A.2d 725 (N.H. 2010) (denial of zoning variance to build game farm) Text
In re Rattee, 761 A.2d 1076 (N.H. 2000) (dispute over construction of home on two acres subject to an agricultural preservation restriction) Text
Tausanovitch v. Town of Lyme, 722 A.2d 914 (N.H. 1998) (construction of bed and breakfast in rural zoning district) Text
NEW JERSEY
Curzi v. Raub, 415 N.J.Super. 1, 999 A.2d 1182 (N.J. App. Div. July 30, 2010) (nuisance action under the Right to Farm Act) Text
Twp. of Bethlehem v. New Jersey Agric. Dev. Comm., 2010 WL 909147 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. Mar. 15, 2010) (denial of state funds to preserve farmland) Text
Hertz v. Borough of Lincoln Park, No. L-1812-06, 2010 WL 529481 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. Feb. 16, 2010) (challenging ordinance to permit farming operations) Text
County of Warren v. New Jersey, 978 A.2d 312 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. 2009) (failure to adopt master plan for preservation district) Text
Twp. of Piscataway v. S. Washington Ave., LLC, 947 A.2d 663 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. 2008) (valuation date in farmland preservation) Text
Bruce Paparone, Inc. v. N.J. Agric. Dev. Comm., 920 A.2d 770 (N.J. Super. Ct. App Div. 2007) (farmland preservation agreement) Text
In re Wilkin, No. ADC-2609-03, 2006 WL 3018047 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. Oct. 25, 2006)(zoning and right to farm act)
In re Tavalario, 901 A.2d 963 (N.J. Super. Ct. App Div. 2006) (zoning and right to farm act) Text
In re Samaha Farms, No. ADC-8497-02, 2006 WL 923700 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. Apr. 11, 2006) (nuisance qualifying under a right to farm act)
Rey v. County of Hunterdon, No. HNT-L-599-03, 2005 WL 2439697 (N.J. Super. Ct. Law Div. Sept. 23, 2005) (interpretation of a farmland preservation contract)
N.J. Farm Bureau, Inc. v. Twp. of E. Amwell, 882 A.2d 388 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. 2005) (zoning to preserve farmland) Text
Borough of Closter v. Abram Demaree Homestead, Inc., 839 A.2d 110 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. 2004) (primary jurisdiction of county ag board) Text
Twp. of S. Brunswick v. N.J. Agric. Dev. Comm., 800 A. 2d 202 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. 2002) (ag development area) Text | Summary
Twp. of Franklin v. Hollander, 796 A.2d 874 (N.J. 2002) (right to farm) Text | Summary
Twp. of Franklin v. Hollander, 769 A.2d 427 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. 2001), aff'd, 796 A.2d 874 (N.J. 2002) (holding that Right to Farm Act preempted municipal land use authority over the operation) Text
Kirby v. Twp. Comm. of Twp. of Bedminster, 775 A.2d 209 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. 2000) (challenging the validity of two land use ordinances) Text
Villari v. Zoning Bd. of Adjustment of Deptford, 649 A.2d 98 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. 1994) (failure to establish a preexisting nonconforming use) Text
Gardner v. New Jersey Pinelands Comm'n, 593 A.2d 251 (N.J. 1991) (comprehensive management plan did not constitute an unlawful taking) Text
Gardner v. New Jersey Pinelands Comm'n, 547 A.2d 725 (N.J. Super. Ct. Ch. Div. 1988), aff'd, 562 A.2d 812 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. 1989), aff'd, 593 A.2d 251 (N.J. 1991) (holding that limitations on nonfarm housing does not constitute a taking of property) Text
State by Com'r of Transp. v. Pohatcong Twp., 9 N.J. Tax 528 (N.J. Tax Ct. 1988) (dispute over rollback taxes upon farmland acquired by State) Text
NEW MEXICO
Daugherty v. City of Carlsbad, 905 P.2d 1120 (N.M. Ct. App. 1995) (challenge to annexation) Text
NEW YORK
Rivendell Winery, LLC v. Town of New Paltz, 725 F.Supp.2d 311 (N.D.N.Y. 2010) (denial of approval to operate farm winery on land within agricultural zoning district) Text
Rivendell Winery, LLC v. Donovan, 74 A.D.3d 1594 (N.Y. App. Div. 2010) (application to operate farm winery in agricultural zoning district) Text
Town of Copake v. 13 Lackawanna Properties, LLC, 73 A.D.3d 1308 (N.Y. App .Div. 2010) (farmer violated zoning ordinance by dumping waste on property) Text
Deerpark Farms, LLC v. Agric. & Farmland Bd. of Orange County, 896 N.Y.S.2d 126 (N.Y. App. Div. 2010) (denial of permit) Text
Finger Lakes Pres. Ass'n v. Town of Italy, 887 N.Y.S.2d 499 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 2009) (standing to challenge rezoning for wind energy development) Text
Lewis Family Farm, Inc. v. Adirondack Park Agency, 882 N.Y.S.2d 762 (N.Y. App. Div. 2009) (agency could not require permit to build agriculture structure) Text
Aspen Creek Estates, Ltd. v. Town of Brookhaven, 904 N.E.2d 816 (N.Y. 2009) (farmland taken by eminent domain met the public use requirement of the Fifth Amendment) TextLewis Family Farm, Inc. v. Adirondack Park Agency, 868 N.Y.S.2d 481 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 2008) (agency's determination that building permit was required) Text | Summary
LaBarbera v. Town of Woodstock, 865 N.Y.S.2d 758 (N.Y. App. Div. 2008) (challenging conservation easement) Text | Summary
W. Beekmantown Neighborhood Ass'n, Inc. v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals of Beekmantown, 53 A.D.3d 954 (N.Y. App. Div. 2008) (conditional use permit to build wind farm) Text
Aspen Creek Estates, Ltd. v. Town of Brookhaven, 848 N.Y.S.2d 214 (N.Y. App. Div. 2007) (condemning property for farmland protection area) Text
Groat v. Brennan, No. 4134-06, 2006 WL 3350646 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. Nov. 17, 2006) (challenge of sound agricultural practice opinion)
Inter-Lakes Health, Inc., v. Town of Ticonderoga Town Bd., 786 N.Y.S.2d 643 (N.Y. App. Div. 2004) (propriety of zoning ordinance) Text | Summary
Pure Air & Water Inc. of Chemung County v. Davidsen, 668 N.Y.S.2d 248 (N.Y. App. Div. 1998) (challenging the opinion stating that farm's manure storage and application practices were sound) Text
Phelps v. Town Bd. of Town of Alabama, 667 N.Y.S.2d 187 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 1997) (action to invalidate rezoning of area from agricultural-residential to industrial) Text
Town of Southampton v. Equus Associates, Ltd., 615 N.Y.S.2d 714 (N.Y. App. Div. 1994) (holding that raising, training and selling polo ponies constitutes "agricultural production") Text
Rider v. State, 596 N.Y.S.2d 900 (N.Y. App. Div. 1993) (unsuitable access to pasture caused by land appropriation widen highway) Text
Town of Sullivan v. Strauss, 567 N.Y.S.2d 921 (N.Y. App. Div. 1991) (holding that commercial field hunting is not permitted agricultural use) Text
NORTH CAROLINA
Marsh v. Union County Bd. of Adjustment, 697 S.E.2d 526 (N.C. Ct. App. 2010) (approval of rodeo)
N. Iredell Neighbors for Rural Life v. Iredell County, 674 S.E.2d 436 (N.C. Ct. App. 2009) (bona fide farm use exemption to zoning ordinances) Text
Powell v. Bulluck, 573 S.E.2d 699 (N.C. Ct. App. 2002) (pre-trial mediation not required for nuisance action) Text | Summary
Piedmont Triad Reg'l Water Auth. v. Lamb, 564 S.E.2d 71 (N.C. Ct. App. 2002) (takings action) Text | Summary
Craig v. County of Chatham, 565 S.E.2d 172 (N.C. 2002) (county law preempted) Text | Summary
County of Durham v. Roberts, 551 S.E.2d 494 (N.C. Ct. App. 2001) (alleged violation of zoning ordinance) Text
Town of Hillsborough v. Crabtree, 547 S.E.2d 139 (N.C. Ct. App. 2001) (condemnation action against farmland owners) Text
Parker v. Barefoot, 502 S.E.2d 42 (N.C. Ct. App. 1998), rev'd, 519 S.E.2d 315 (N.C. 1999) (nuisance claim against hog farmer) Text
Am. Greetings Corp. v. Town of Alexander Mills, 497 S.E.2d 108 (N.C. Ct. App. 1998) (holding that annexation ordinance was invalid) Text
Budd v. Davie County, 447 S.E.2d 449 (N.C. Ct. App. 1994) (challenging the validity of rezoning of property from "residential-agricultural" to "industrial, special use") Text
NORTH DAKOTA
Hentz v. Elma Twp. Bd. of Supervisors, 727 N.W.2d 276 (N.D. 2007) (tree farm outside of zoning ordinance) Text
Hagerott v. Morton County Bd. of Comm'rs, 778 N.W.2d 813 (N.D. 2010) (permit for feedlot) Text
Gowan v. Ward County Comm'n, 764 N.W.2d 425 (N.D. 2009) (upholding denial of rezoning request from ag to residential) Text | Summary
Pub. Serv. Comm'n v. Minn. Grain, Inc., 2008 ND 184 (N.D. 2008) (claims not covered by statutory trust under state grain warehousing law) Text | Summary
Ramsey County Farm Bureau v. Ramsey County, 2008 ND 175 (N.D. 2008) (challenge to county CAFO zoning ordinance) Text | Summary
Tibert v. Slominski, 692 N.W.2d 133 (N.D. 2005) (nuisance claims barred by right to farm against grain elevator) Text | Summary
Braunagel v. City of Devils Lake, 629 N.W.2d 567 (N.D. 2001) (dispute over refusal to annex land zoned for agricultural use) Text
Frey v. City of Jamestown, 548 N.W.2d 784 (N.D. 1996) (challenging annexation and zoning land for industrial use) Text
OHIO
Blue Heron Nurseries, L.L.C. v. Funk, 930 N.E.2d 82 (Ohio Ct. App. 2010) (whether a plant nursery is an agricultural practice for the purpose of zoning) Text
Terry v. Sperry, 930 N.E.2d 846 (Ohio Ct. App. 2010), aff'g, No. 08-MA-227, 2010 WL 1178065 (Ohio Ct. App. Mar. 23, 2010) (winery not exempt from zoning regulations) Text
Campbell v. Carlisle, No. CA2009-05-053, 2009 -Ohio- 6751, 2009 WL 4895669 (Ohio Ct. App. 2009) (detachment of farmland from municipality) Text
Zagrans v. Elek, No. 08CA009472, 2009 WL 1743203, 2009 -Ohio- 2942 (Ohio Ct. App. June 22, 2009) (lack of standing to challenge conservation easement) Text
Meerland Dairy L.L.C. v. Ross Twp., --- N.E.2d ---, 2008 WL 1991886 (Ohio Ct. App. 2008) (city's ability to control CAFOs) Text | Summary
Hart v. Somerford Twp. Bd. of Tr., No. 2007-05-019, 2008 WL 1704244 (Ohio Ct. App. April 14, 2008) (challenging zoning of land for agricultural purposes) Text
Smalley v. Ohio Dept. of Transp, Dist. 1, 869 N.E.2d 777 (Ohio Ct. Cl. 2007) (just compensation determined) Text
Shuttleworth v. Knapke, No. 02CA1582, 2003 WL 588598 (Ohio Ct. App. Feb. 28, 2003) (denial of injunction against hog farm)
Auxier Trucking v. Tate Twp. Bd. of Trustees, CA2001-01-012, 2001 WL 1652078 (Ohio Ct. App. Dec. 24, 2001) (denying request to rezone agricultural property to commercial)
Trent v. German Twp. Bd. of Zoning Appeals, 759 N.E.2d 421 (Ohio Ct. App. 2001) (dispute over conditional use permit to build an additional house in land zoned for agricultural use) Text
Washington Twp. Bd. of Trustees v. McLaughlin, 117 Ohio App.3d 570 (Ohio Ct. App. 1997) (failure to demonstrate adverse affect of annexation) Text
Columbia Twp. Bd. of Zoning Appeals v. Otis, 663 N.E.2d 377 (Ohio Ct. App. 1995) (haunted hayrides is not an agricultural use of land) Text
Ohio Edison Co. v. Dessecker, 623 N.E.2d 1251 (Ohio Ct. App. 1993) (action to appropriate tree clearance easement across farm) Text
Smythe v. Butler Twp., 620 N.E.2d 901 (Ohio Ct. App. 1993) (challenging constitutionality of agricultural residential zoning classification) Text
Bower v. Rosenbaum, CA 12758, 1991 WL 254648 (Ohio Ct. App. Dec. 6, 1991) (prohibition of the land subdivision due to restrictive covenants)
Devendorf v. Akbar Petroleum Corp., 577 N.E.2d 707 (Ohio Ct. App. 1989) (violation of restrictive covenant which allowed only residential or agricultural use of land) Text
OKLAHOMA
Bd. of County Comm'rs of Muskogee County v. Lowery, 136 P.3d 639 (Okla. 2006) (economic development not a public use for eminent domain) Text
OREGON
Davis v. Jefferson County, 245 P.3d 665 (Or. Ct. App. 2010) (post-acquisition re-zoning of land for exclusive farm use) Text
Waste Not of Yamhill County v. Yamhill County, 240 Or.App. 285, 2010 WL 5369162 (Or. Ct. App. Dec. 29, 2010) (placement of landfill on parcel zoned for farm use) Text
Wetherell v. Douglas County, 230 P.3d 976 (Or. Ct. App. 2010) (agricultural land was precluded from development) Text
Smull Family Trust v. Polk County Assessor, TC-MD 090830B, 2010 WL 71931 (Or. T.C. Jan. 8, 2010) (disqualification for special tax assessment for farmland) Text
Thompson v. Land Conservation & Dev. Comm'n, 204 P.3d 808 (Or. Ct. App. 2009) (reducing minimum parcel size from 160 acres to 40 acres to allow development of vineyards) Text
Falls v. Grant County Assessor, TC-MD 080678B, 2009 WL 348857 (Or. T.C. Feb. 12, 2009) (denial of farm use special tax assessment)
VinCep v. Yamhill County, 171 P.3d 368 (Or. Ct. App. 2007) (review of urban development plan for agricultural area) Text
Sprint PCS v. Washington County, 63 P.3d 1261 (Or. Ct. App. 2003) (farmland preservation law) Text
Durig v. Washington County, 34 P.3d 169 (Or. Ct. App. 2001) (dispute over construction of seasonal farmworker housing on land zoned for exclusive farm use) Text
Turudic v. Stephens, 31 P.3d 465 (Or. Ct. App. 2001) (holding that portable toilet for use by farmworkers in vineyard was a "temporary storage building") Text
Keicher v. Clackamas County, 29 P.3d 1155 (Or. Ct. App. 2001) (dispute over placement of a fire station on land zoned for exclusive farm use) Text
1000 Friends of Oregon v. Metro, 26 P.3d 151 (Or. Ct. App. 2001) (dispute over ordinance amending the urban growth boundary) Text
Residents of Rosemont v. Metro, 21 P.3d 1108 (Or. Ct. App. 2001) (expansion of urban growth boundary) Text
Jackson County Citizens' League v. Jackson County, 15 P.3d 42 (Or. Ct. App. 2000) (dispute over expansion of a golf course onto land outside the UGB) Text
Dayton Prairie Water Ass'n v. Yamhill County, 11 P.3d 671 (Or. Ct. App. 2000) (dispute over city's water system installations in an exclusive farm use zone) Text
Bruggere v. Clackamas County, 7 P.3d 634 (Or. Ct. App. 2000) ("lot-of-record" dwelling on property located in EFU zone) Text
Dep't of Transp. v. Coos County, 976 P.2d 68 (Or. Ct. App. 1999) (redesignation of tract from exclusive farm use to rural residential) Text
Dorvinen v. Crook County, 957 P.2d 180 (Or. Ct. App. 1998) (dispute over nonfarm dwellings on parcels in exclusive farm use zone) Text
Nichols v. Clackamas County, 932 P.2d 1185 (Or. Ct. App. 1997) (dispute over farm dwelling in exclusive farm use zone) Text
Schrock Farms, Inc. v. Linn County, 919 P.2d 519 (Or. Ct. App. 1996) (dispute over construction of highway realignment on property in exclusive farm use) Text
State By & Through Dep't. of Transp. v. Schrock Farms, 914 P.2d 1116 (Or. Ct. App. 1996) (dispute over authority to condemn land zoned for exclusive farm use) Text
Lane County v. Land Conservation & Dev. Comm'n, 914 P.2d 1114 (Or. Ct. App. 1996), rev'd, 942 P.2d 278 (Or. 1997) (dispute over rules governing authorized uses on agricultural land) Text
State By & Through Dep't. of Transp. v. Altimus, 905 P.2d 258 (Or. Ct. App. 1995) (action to condemn property for highway improvement project) Text
Brentmar v. Jackson County, 900 P.2d 1030 (Or. 1995) (agricultural and horticultural school in EFU zone) Text
City of Eugene v. Kokkeler, 893 P.2d 1054 (Or. Ct. App. 1995) (determining property's value in condemnation proceeding) Text
Schrock Farms, Inc. v. Linn County, 855 P.2d 648 (Or. Ct. App. 1993) (dispute over location of highway segment across parcel in EFU zone) Text
Schrock Farms, Inc. v. Linn County, 844 P.2d 253 (Or. Ct. App. 1992) (dispute over highway segment across parcel zoned as EFU) Text
Nelson v. Benton County, 839 P.2d 233 (Or. Ct. App. 1992) (dispute over nonfarm dwelling on exclusive farm use zone) Text
Forster v. Polk County, 839 P.2d 241 (Or. Ct. App. 1992) (dispute over farm dwelling in exclusive farm use zone) Text
Smith v. Clackamas County, 836 P.2d 716 (Or. 1992) (dispute over nonfarm dwelling on land zoned for exclusive farm use) Text
McKay Creek Valley Ass'n v. Washington County, 834 P.2d 482 (Or. Ct. App. 1992), opinion adhered to as modified on reconsideration, 841 P.2d 651 (Or. Ct. App. 1992) (dispute over construction of farm dwelling in resource zone) Text
Kenagy v. Benton County, 826 P.2d 1047 (Or. Ct. App. 1992) (dispute over construction of dwelling in exclusive farm use land) Text
Von Lubken v. Hood River County, 806 P.2d 727 (Or. Ct. App. 1991) (golf courses in exclusive farm use zones) Text
Craven v. Jackson County, 779 P.2d 1011 (Or. 1989) (winery activity in exclusive farm use zone) Text
McCaw Communications, Inc. v. Marion County, 773 P.2d 779 (Or. Ct. App. 1989) (utility facility in agricultural zone) Text
Hearne v. Baker County, 748 P.2d 1016 (Or. Ct. App. 1988) (dispute over conditional use permits for nonfarm dwellings) Text
Perkins v. City of Rajneeshpuram, 706 P.2d 949 (Or. 1985) (annexation of agricultural land by city) Text
PENNSYLVANIA
Lower Makefield Twp. v. Lands of Dalgewicz, 4 A.3d 1114 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2010) (condemnation of farm for construction of golf course) Text
Corbett v. Richmond Twp., 2 A.3d 678 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2010) (zoning ordinances relating to "intensive agriculture") Text
Lancaster Twp. v. Zoning Hearing Bd. of Lancaster Twp., 6 A.2d 1032 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2010) (housing trucks on property zoned for agricultural use) Text
Dietrich v. Buffalo Twp. Planning Comm'n, 995 A.2d 893 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2010) (denial of land use plan to build a swine barn) Text
Piper Group, Inc. v. Bedminster Twp. Bd. of Supervisors, 992 A.2d 224 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2010) (challenge to minimum lot size) Text
Way v. Berks County Bd. of Assessment Appeals, 990 A.2d 1191 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2010) (tax assessment under farmland assessment act) Text
Tink-Wig Mountain Lake-Forest Prop. Owners Ass'n v. Lackawaxen Twp. Zoning Hearing Bd., 986 A.2d 935 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2009) (challenging zoning permit to construct wind farm) Text
Piccolella v. Lycoming County Zoning Hearing Bd., 984 A.2d 1046 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2009) (zoning ordinance that allows wind farms) Text
Plaxton v. Lycoming County Zoning Hearing Bd., 986 A.2d 199 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2009) (zoning ordinance that allows wind farms) Text
Pennsylvania ex rel. Corbett v. E. Brunswick Twp., 980 A.2d 720 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2009) (challenging town's ordinance to prevent the application of sewage sludge) Text
In re Agric. Sec. Area In E. Lampeter Twp., 974 A.2d 1213 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2009) (denial of agricultural security area) Text
Pennsylvania ex rel. Corbett v. Richmond Twp., 975 A.2d 607 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2009) (city's agriculture ordinances violate state law)
Pennsylvania ex rel. Corbett v. E. Brunswick Twp., 956 A.2d 1100 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2008) (review of city banning use of sewage sludge application) Text | Summary
Tennyson v. Zoning Hearing of W. Bradford Twp., 952 A.2d 739 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2008) (upholding special exception to build horse stable) Text
Panzone v. Fayette County Zoning Hearing Bd., 944 A.2d 817 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2008) (upholding denial of special exception to keep horses) Text
Middletown Twp. v. Lands of Stone, 939 A.2d 331 (Pa 2007) (taking of farm for public recreational space) Text
Ephrata Area Sch. Dist. v. County of Lancaster, 938 A.2d 264 (Pa 2007) (conservation easement) Text
Ethan-Michael, Inc. v. Bd. of Supervisors of Union Twp, 918 A.2d 203 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2007) (ag preservation district) Text
Pennsylvania, Ex Rel. Corbett v. Richmond Twp., 917 A.2d 397 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2007) (invalidation of local agricultural zoning ordinance) Text
Pennsylvania, Ex. Rel. Corbett v. Locus Twp., 915 A.2d 738 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2007) (invalidating local agricultural ordinance) Text
Pennsylvania, Ex Rel. Corbett v. Lower Oxford Twp., 915 A.2d 685 (Pa Commw. Ct. 2006) (challenging local agricultural ordinance) Text
Concerned Citizens of Exeter Twp, Inc. v. Exeter Twp. Sch. Dist., No. 06-8733, 2006 WL 5347779 (Pa. Ct. Com. Pl. Dec. 11, 2006) (ag preservation district)
Burkholder v. Zoning Hearing Bd. of Richmond Twp., 902 A.2d 1006 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2006) (preemption of zoning ordinance) Text
In re Condemnation of Springboro Area Water Auth. of Property of Gillette, 898 A.2d 6 (Pa Commw. Ct. 2006) (condemnation of area defined as "agricultural area" under state law) Text
41 Valley Assoc. v. Bd. of Supervisors of London Grove Twp., 882 A.2d 5 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2005) (review of exclusion of land from an "agricultural security area.") Text
In re Robinson, No. 03-10662, 2005 Pa. Dist. & Cnty. Dec. LEXIS 337 (Pa. C.P. Ct. of Montgomery County Nov. 18, 2005) (non-exemption from local zoning ordinance)
McGonigle v. Lower Heidelberg Twp. Zoning Hearing Bd., 858 A.2d 663 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2004) (ag preservation district) Text | Summary
Christman v. Zoning Hearing Bd. of the Twp. of Windsor, 854 A.2d 629 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2004) (spot zoning) Text | Summary
In re Forrester, 836 A.2d 102 (Pa. 2003) (Agricultural Security Act) Text
Buck Hills Falls Co. v. Press, 791 A.2d 392 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2002) (residents' poultry raising enjoined) Text | Summary
C & M Developers, Inc. v. Bedminster Twp. Zoning Hearing Bd., 820 A.2d 143 (Pa. 2002) (zoning ordinance challenged) Text | Summary
In re Appeal of C&M Developers Inc., 49 Pa. D. & C.4th 71 (Pa. Com. Pl. 2000) (dispute over development of housing in the township's agricultural preservation zoning district)
White v. Pennsylvania Dep't. of Transp., 738 A.2d 27 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 1999), aff'd, 759 A.2d 1273 (Pa. 2000) (approval for highway interchange project is required) Text
Barthelmes v. Keith, 732 A.2d 644 (Pa. Super. Ct. 1999) (action to enforce restrictive covenant regarding minimum lot size) Text
Horne v. Haladay, 728 A.2d 954 (Pa. Super. Ct. 1999) (private nuisance and negligence claim against poultry business) Text
Maryland & Pennsylvania R.R. Pres. Auth. v. Agric. Lands Condemnation Approval Bd., 704 A.2d 1149 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 1998) (dispute over condemnation of part of an agricultural security area)
In re Condemnation by the Pennsylvania Tpk. Comm'n of 14.38 Acres in Fee Simple, in N. Beaver Twp., Lawrence County, 698 A.2d 39 (Pa. 1997) (dispute over damages for a governmental taking of farm land) Text
Appeal of Bright, 680 A.2d 19 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 1996), aff'd sub nom. , In re Condemnation by the Pennsylvania Tpk. Comm'n of 14.38 Acres in Fee Simple, in N. Beaver Twp., Lawrence County, 698 A.2d 39 (Pa. 1997) (damages from taking and Assembled Economic Unit Doctrine)
Baker v. Chartiers Twp. Zoning Hearing Bd., 677 A.2d 1274 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 1996) (illegal spot zoning)
In re Condemnation of .036 Acres, More or Less, of Land Owned by Wexford Plaza Associates, 674 A.2d 1204 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 1996) (condemnation of land necessary to construct a new public road)
Perrige v. Horning, 654 A.2d 1183 (Pa. Super. Ct. 1995) (dispute over right to reside next to agricultural parcel) Text
Cook v. Pennsylvania Dep't. of Agric., 646 A.2d 598 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 1994) (dispute over subdivision of property subject to agricultural conservation easement) Text
Henley v. Zoning Hearing Bd. of W. Fallowfield Twp., 625 A.2d 132 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 1993) (failure to meet requirements for special exception to agricultural residential zoning ordinance) Text
In re Appeal of Burger, 17 Pa. D. & C.4th 280 (Pa. Com. Pl. 1992), aff'd sub nom., Burger v. Northampton Twp. Zoning Hearing Bd., 637 A.2d 1377 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 1993) (alleged violation of state right to farm law by zoning enforcement officer) Text
Baker v. Com., 581 A.2d 1019 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 1990) (violation of zoning ordinance by operating sawmill on property zoned as agricultural/residential) Text
Nw. Lehigh Sch. Dist. v. Com., Agr. Lands Condemnation Approval Bd., 578 A.2d 614 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 1990) (action to condemn farmland for construction of school) Text
McLoughlin v. Bradford County Bd. of Assessment, 568 A.2d 721 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 1989) (riding stable does not disqualified land qualified as an agricultural use) Text
Bd. of Twp. Sup'rs of Middlesex Twp. v. Zoning Hearing Bd. of Middlesex Twp., 567 A.2d 787 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 1989) (dispute over permit to operate fur business on farm) Text
Appeal of Octorara Area Sch. Dist., 556 A.2d 527 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 1989) (holding that condemnation of entire farm was not justified) Text
Maenak v. Agric. Lands Condemnation Approval Bd., 528 A.2d 295 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 1987) (challenge to the Agricultural Lands Condemnation Approval Board's order) Text
Peach Bottom Twp. v. Peach Bottom Twp. Zoning Hearing Bd., 526 A.2d 837 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 1987) (challenging the constitutionality of agricultural preservation provisions of zoning ordinance) Text
In re Harr, 507 A.2d 899 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 1986) (alleged eminent domain taking) Text
Codorus Twp. v. Rodgers, 492 A.2d 73 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 1985) (dispute over zoning ordinance dealing with preservation of agricultural land)
Boundary Drive Associates v. Shrewsbury Twp. Bd. of Sup'rs, 491 A.2d 86 (Pa. 1985) (challenging the constitutionality of agricultural preservation provisions of zoning ordinance) Text
SOUTH CAROLINA
Sinkler v. County of Charleston, 690 S.E.2d 777 (S.C. 2010) (rezoning ag land is invalid) Text
Mikell v. County of Charleston, 654 S.E.2d 92 (S.C. Ct. App. 2007) (ag preservation district) Text
SOUTH DAKOTA
Lawrence County v. Miller, 786 N.W.2d 360 (S.D. 2010) (condemnation of agricultural property) Text
Andersen v. Town of Badger, 769 N.W.2d 834 (S.D. 2009) (challenging city waiving required distance from town CAFO could be built) Text
Goos RV Ctr. v. Minnehaha County Comm'n, 764 N.W.2d 704 (S.D. 2009) (approval of conditional use permit for gravel extraction) Text
Jensen v. Lincoln County Bd. of Comm'rs, 718 N.W.2d 606 (S.D. 2006) (feedlot as preexisting use) Text | Summary
In re Conditional Use Permit Denied to Meier, 645 N.W.2d 579, 583 (S.D. 2002) (denial of hog farm permit) Text | Summary
Coyote Flats, L.L.C. v. Sanborn County Comm'n, 596 N.W.2d 347 (S.D. 1999) (denial of permit to operate a commercial hog feedlot) Text
Welsh v. Centerville Twp., 595 N.W.2d 622 (S.D. 1999) (township did not have authority to enact zoning law regulating commercial feedlots) Text
Reis v. Miller, 550 N.W.2d 78 (S.D. 1999) (challenging the constitutionality of statute allowing hunting, fishing and trapping on easements) Text
TENNESSEE
Dyersburg Suburban Consol. Util. Dist. v. City of Dyersburg, No. W2006-01704-COA-R3-CV, 2007 WL 1859460 (Tenn. Ct. App. June 29, 2007) (rural water district's service area) Text
City of Lebanon v. Merryman, 01-A-01-9005-CV00157, 1990 WL 177348 (Tenn. Ct. App. Nov. 16, 1990) (eminent domain)
TEXAS
Ehler v. LVDVD, L.C., 319 S.W.3d 817 (Tex. App. 2010) (right-to-farm law; pleading in trespass) Text
Save Our Spring Alliance, Inc. v. City of Dripping Springs, 304 S.W.3d 871 (Tex. App. 2010) (standing to challenge development that may add pollution to aquifer) Text
Save Our Springs Alliance, Inc. v. City of Dripping Springs, , No. 03-04-00683-CV, 2009 WL 1896070 (Tex. App. 2009), withdrawn, , 304 S.W.3d 871, (standing to challenge development) Text
State v. Harrell Ranch, Ltd, 268 S.W.3d 247 (Tex. App. 2008) (just compensation for taking of organic cattle ranch) TextHollywood Park Humane Soc. v. Town of Hollywood Park, 261 S.W.3d 135 (Tex. App. 2008) (deer management program) Text
Holubec v. Brandenberger, 214 S.W.3d 650 (Tex. App. 2006) (right to farm) Text
Cal-Co Grain Co., Inc. v. Whatley, No. 13-05-120-CV, 2006 WL 2439973 (Tex. App. Aug. 24, 2006) (right to farm)
Aguilar v. Trujillo, 162 S.W.3d 839 (Tex. App. 2005) (application of right to farm act) Text
Barrera v. Hondo Creek Cattle Co., 132 S.W.3d 544 (Tex. App. 2004) (right to farm) Text | Summary
Holubec v. Brandenberger, 111 S.W.3d 32 (Tex. 2003) (right to farm) Text | Summary
City of San Antonio v. City of Boerne, 61 S.W.3d 571 (Tex. App. 2001), rev'd, 111 S.W.3d 22 (Tex. 2003) (annexation, extraterritorial jurisdiction) Text
Texas Natural Res. Conservation Comm'n v. Accord Agric., Inc./Texas Natural Res. Conservation Comm'n, 03-98-00340-CV, 1999 WL 699825 (Tex. App. Sept. 10, 1999) (dispute over validity of rules which regulate concentrated animal feeding operations)
Wegner v. State, 829 S.W.2d 922 (Tex. App. 1992) (action to acquire part of farm for construction of highway) Text
Hale v. Colorado River Mun. Water Dist., 818 S.W.2d 537 (Tex. App. 1991) (alleged "taking" without compensation) Text
City of The Colony v. City of Frisco, 686 S.W.2d 379 (Tex. App. 1985) (challenging the validity of annexation) Text
UTAH
Peterson v. Riverton City, 243 P.3d 1261 (Utah 2010) (rezoning parcel to allow large animals in municipality) Text
Bingham v. Roosevelt City Corp., 235 P. 3d 730 (Utah 2010) (city not liable for groundwater diversion that lowered water table and made soil less saturated for irrigation purposes) Text
Osborn v. Tax Comm'n, 217 P.3d 274 (Utah Ct. App. 2009) (lose of tax assessment for agricultural use) Text
Marsh v. Tax Comm'n & Bd. of Equalization of Box Elder County, No. 20080291-CA, 2009 WL 418812 (Utah Ct. App. Feb. 20, 2009) (appeal of market value of property) Text | Summary
VERMONT
In re Eustance Act 250 Jurisdictional Opinion, 970 A.2d 1285, 2009 VT 16 (Vt. 2009) (farming exemption to permit did not apply) Text
John Larkin, Inc. v. Marceau, 959 A.2d 551 (Vt. 2008) (pesticide trespass; right to farm) Text
Madkour v. Zoltak, 924 A.2d 11 (Vt. 2007) (restrictive covenants) Text
In re Ochs, 915 A.2d 780 (Vt. 2006) (definition of a "farm") Text
Trickett v. Ochs, 838 A.2d 66 (Vt 2003) (right to farm) Text
In re Scheiber, 724 A.2d 475 (Vt. 1998) (shooting range on residential and agricultural district property) Text
Mazza v. Agency of Transp., 716 A.2d 817 (Vt. 1998) (eminent domain) Text
VIRGINIA
Turner v. Caplan, 596 S.E.2d 525 (Va. 2004) (protective covenants) Text | Summary
Buckley v. Loudoun County Bd. of Zoning Appeals, No. 20141, 2002 WL 31943390 (Va. Cir. Ct. June 4, 2002) (agricultural zoning district)
Layng v. Gwinn, 52 Va. Cir. 71 (Va. Cir. Ct. 2000) ("agricultural operation" under State Right to Farm Act)
Town of Rocky Mount v. Hudson, 421 S.E.2d 407 (Va. 1992) (dispute over residual damages in eminent domain case) Text
WASHINGTON
Suquamish Tribe v. Cent. Puget Sound Growth Mgmt. Hearings Bd., 235 P.3d 812 (Wash. Ct. App. 2010) (urban density; rural wooded incentive program) Text
Feil v. E. Wash. Growth Mgmt. Hearings Bd., 220 P.3d 1248 (Wash. Ct. App. 2009) (challenge of recreational use in area zoned agricultural) Text
Union Elevator & Warehouse Co. v. Washington ex rel. Dep't of Transp., 215 P.3d 257 (Wash. Ct. App. 2009) (inverse condemnation; damages caused by destruction of access) Text
Clallam County v. W. Washington Growth Mgmt. Hearings Bd., 121 P.3d 764 (Wash. Ct. App. 2005) (preexisting ag uses exemptions from critical areas ordinances) Text | Summary
City of Arlington v. Cent. Puget Sound Growth Mgmt. Hearing Bd., 193 P.3d 1077 (Wash. 2008) (review of rezoning from agricultural to commercial) Text | Summary
Yakima County v. E. Wash. Growth Mgmt. Hearings Bd., 192 P.3d 12 (Wash. Ct. App. 2008) (appealing redetermination of agricultural lands) Text | Summary
Union Elevator & Warehouse Co., Inc. v. State ex rel. Dep't of Transp., 183 P.3d 1097 (Wash. Ct. App. 2008) (granting relocation expense to condemned grain elevator) Text
Snohomish County v. Hensley, No. 55963-2-I, 2007 WL 442171 (Wash. Ct. App. Feb. 12, 2007) (re-designation of "agricultural area") Text
Lewis County v. W. Wash. Growth Mgmt. Hearings Bd., 139 P.3d 1096 (Wash. 2006) (review of designation of "agricultural lands") Text
Davis v. Taylor, 132 P.3d 783 (Wash. Ct. App. 2006) (nuisance not excused by state right to farm act) Text
Alpental Cmty. Club v. Seattle Gymnastics Soc'y, 111 P.3d 257 (Wash. 2005) (right to farm act) Text
City of West Richland v. Dep't of Ecology, 103 P.3d 818 (Wash. Ct. App. 2004) (water rights transfer) Text | Summary
Vicwood Meridian P'ship v. Skagit Sand & Gravel, 98 P.3d 1277 (Wash. Ct. App. 2004) (right to farm act) Text | Summary
Littleton v. Whatcom County, 86 P.3d 1253 (Wash. Ct. App. 2004) (definition of "solid waste") Text | Summary
Union Elevator & Warehouse Co., Inc. v. State ex rel. Dep't. of Transp., 980 P.2d 779 (Wash. Ct. App. 1999) (inverse condemnation suit by grain elevator) Text
Mosich v. Seabed Harvesting, Inc., 91 Wash. App. 1003 (Wash. Ct. App. 1998) (action to enforce covenant against commercial activities of land)
Buchanan v. Simplot Feeders, Ltd. P'ship, 952 P.2d 610 (Wash. 1998) (farm owners' nuisance action against operators of feedlot and meat processing plant) Text
King County v. Washington State Boundary Review Bd. for King County, 860 P.2d 1024 (Wash. 1993) (dispute over proposed annexations by city) Text
Valley View Indus. Park v. City of Redmond, 733 P.2d 182 (Wash. 1987) (holding that zoning change was unconstitutional) Text
Schons v. State, Dep't. of Transp., 715 P.2d 1142 (Wash. Ct. App. 1985) (dispute over farm condemnation for highway construction) Text
WEST VIRGINIA
Largent v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals for Paw Paw, 671 S.E.2d 794 (W. Va. 2008) (review of city's designation of area as "Conservation Open Space") Text
Petition of City of Beckley to Annex, by Minor Boundary Adjustment, W. Virginia Route 3 Right-of-Way Beginning at Present Corporate Limits, 460 S.E.2d 669 (W. Va. 1995) (annexation through minor boundary adjustments) Text
WISCONSON
DSG Evergreen F.L.P. v. Town of Perry, No. 2009AP727, 2010 WL 2852857 (Wis. Ct. App. July 22, 2010) (condemnation of agricultural property) Text
Adams v. Livestock Facilities Siting Review Bd., No. 2009AP608, 2010 WL 2519595 (Wis. Ct. App. June 24, 2010) (town's additional zoning restrictions preempted) Text
Ecker Bros. v. Calumet County, No. 2007AP2109, 2009 WL 2032336 (Wis. Ct. App. July 15, 2009) (county ordinance regulating wind farms) Text
Wisconsin ex rel. Gehl v. Town Bd. of Perry, No. 2007AP1067, 2009 WL 617812 (Wis. Ct. App. Mar. 12, 2009) (challenging creation of historical preservation district; challenging denial of improvements on agricultural land) Text
Gehl v. Conrad, No 2005AP2589, 2006 WL 2294582 (Wis. Ct. App. Aug. 10, 2006)(Farmland Preservation) Text
Allen v. Wis. Pub. Serv. Corp., 694 N.W.2d 420 (Wis. Ct. App. 2005) (treble damages) Text | Summary
Allen v. Wis. Pub. Serv. Corp., 694 N.W.2d 420 (Wis. Ct. App. 2005) (damages in stray voltage) Text | Summary
Allen v. Wis. Pub. Serv. Corp., 694 N.W.2d 420 (Wis. Ct. App. 2005) (nuisance in stray voltage cases) Text | Summary
Horlacher v. Eau Claire County Bd. of Land Use Appeals, No. 02-0340, 2002 WL 1752265 (Wis. Ct. App. July 30, 2002) (what is consistent with an "agricultural use")
Thorp v. Town of Lebanon, 593 N.W.2d 878 (Wis. Ct. App. 1999), aff'd, 2000 WI 60, 235 Wis. 2d 610, 612 N.W.2d 59 (challenging the validity of rezoning ordinance) Text
Town of Jackson v. O'Hearn, 586 N.W.2d 699 (Wis. Ct. App. 1998) (violation of zoning ordinance by operating a meat shop from farm)
Schmeling v. Phelps, 569 N.W.2d 784 (Wis. Ct. App. 1997) (challenging the validity of veto of rezoning of agricultural property to use for rural homes) Text
Slough Creek Properties v. Columbia County, 552 N.W.2d 897 (Wis. Ct. App. 1996) (violated of zoning ordinance by keeping camper trailers and a motor home on property zoned as agricultural)
Hoepker v. City of Madison Plan Comm'n, 551 N.W.2d 63 (Wis. Ct. App. 1996), aff'd in part, rev'd in part, 563 N.W.2d 145 (Wis. 1997) (annexation to the city, jurisdiction)
County of Adams v. Romeo, 510 N.W.2d 693 (Wis. Ct. App. 1993), aff'd in part, rev'd in part, 528 N.W.2d 418 (Wis. 1995) ("fish-for-a-fee" business is not "agricultural" use of property) Text
Fortier v. Flambeau Plastics Co., a Div. of Flambeau Corp., 476 N.W.2d 593 (Wis. Ct. App. 1991) (alleged contamination of water wells by city) Text
Gieseke v. State Dep't. of Transp., Div. of Highways, 426 N.W.2d 79 (Wis. Ct. App. 1988) (condemnation of farm land for highway improvement) Text
WYOMING
Anderson v. Bd. of County Comm'rs of Teton County, 217 P.3d 401 (Wyo. 2009) (approval of horse barn in residential area) Text
Reed v. Cloninger, 131 P.3d 359 (Wyo. 2006) (right to farm) Text
Thompson v. Bd. of County Comm'rs of the County of Sublette, 34 P.3d 278 (Wyo. 2001) (holding that ski operations were not incidental to a primary agricultural use) Text
Bard Ranch Co. v. Frederick, 950 P.2d 564 (Wyo. 1997) (challenge to issuance of agricultural zoning certificates) Text
Town of Wheatland v. Bellis Farms, Inc., 806 P.2d 281 (Wyo. 1991) (failure to meet requirements of Eminent Domain Act) Text
WYMO Fuels, Inc. v. Edwards, 723 P.2d 1230 (Wyo. 1986) (agricultural land owner's consent and eminent domain proceeding) Text
