Home > Great American Court Cases > East Bibb Twiggs Neighborhood Assoc. v. Macon-Bibb County Planning and Zoning Commission

Legal Citation: 706 F. Supp. 880 (M.D. Ga. 1989)

Plaintiff
East Bibb Twiggs Neighborhood Association, et al.

Defendant
Macon-Bibb County Planning and Zoning Commission, et al.

Plaintiff's Claim
That the county planning and zoning commission's decision to allow the creation of a private landfill in an area in which most of the residents were black was motivated by racial discrimination, and thus unconstitutional

Chief Lawyer for Plaintiff
Lonzy F. Edwards

Chief Defense Lawyer
O. Hale Almand

Judge
Wilbur D. Owens

Place
Macon, Georgia

Date of Decision
16 February 1989

Decision
That the plaintiff failed to present sufficient evidence that the planning and zoning commission's decision was impermissibly motivated by racial discrimination.

Significance
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