Court Opinion

ID: 9731271
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 15:40:45.725288+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:26:16.704020
License: Public Domain

Mr. JUSTICE GREEN, concurring in part and dissenting in part: The adjudicatory portion of the judgment on appeal dismissed certain portions of the complaint which plaintiff agreed should be dismissed and then provided: “That the ordinance which is the subject of this action, being Ordinance No. 1978, is void and unenforceable and Defendant, its officers, agents and employees are hereby enjoined from enforcing said ordinance against Plaintiff.” I agree with the trial court and the majority that the defendant lacked the statutory power to enact the ordinance. For that reason, the judgment should be affirmed. We need not decide whether the trial court might also have made the same adjudication on the basis that the ordinance was unconstitutional. I would not do so. I am not sure that the trial court’s refusal to find the ordinance unconstitutional may be cross-appealed when plaintiff was awarded the requested relief on other grounds. In any event, I deem the affirmance of the matter appealed by defendant to render the cross-appeal moot. Accordingly, I would dismiss the cross-appeal and affirm as to the appeal.