Opinion

Draude v. District of Columbia Board of Zoning Adjustment

  • 527 A.2d 1242
  • 40 Educ. L. Rep. 808
  • 1987 D.C. App. LEXIS 377
Court
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Filed
Jun 9, 1987
Status
Published
Author
Newman
On the bench
Newman, Ferren, Terry
Cited by
25 cases

acknowledging that GWU’s approved campus plan “restraints] placement of a given building ... much like other zoning restrictions placed on the university”

How later courts described this case

  • acknowledging that GWU’s approved campus plan “restraints] placement of a given building ... much like other zoning restrictions placed on the university”
  • announcing this test within the analysis of the first prong of the standard variance test

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

NEWMAN, Associate Judge,

dissenting:

I dissent. Since construction proceeds, and thus, time is of the essence, I forebear taking the considerable time required to elucidate the reasons I disagree with my colleagues in this case.

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