This post was authored by Gabriella Mickel, Elisabeth S. Haub School of Law of Pace University, JD, LLM candidate 2024
The Rice family sought to have their property, eighty-plus acres of vacant land in Monroe Township, Ohio, annexed into the Village of Johnstown, Ohio and rezoned for a residential development. When they were unsuccessful, they sued the Village, claiming a violation of due process rights due to an unlawful delegation of legislative authority to the Johnstown Planning and Zoning (P&Z) Commission, which rejected their rezoning application. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the Village, and the Rice