Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center
Significance, Should Facilities For Mentally Retarded Persons Be Allowed In Neighborhoods?, Further Readings
Petitioner
City of Cleburne
Respondent
Cleburne Living Center
Petitioner's Claim
That the decision to deny the Cleburne Living Center a zoning permit was constitutional.
Chief Lawyer for Petitioner
Earl Luna, Robert T. Miller, Jr., Mary Milford
Chief Lawyer for Respondent
Renea Hicks, Diane Shisk, Caryl Oberman
Justices for the Court
Harry A. Blackmun, Warren E. Burger, Sandra Day O'Connor, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., William H. Rehnquist, Byron R. White (writing for the Court)
Justices Dissenting
William J. Brennan, Jr., Thurgood Marshall, John Paul Stevens
Place
Washington, D.C.
Date of Decision
1 July 1985
Decision
The denial of a permit to the Cleburne Living Center was found to be based on prejudice and therefore unconstitutional.
Related Cases
- Schweiker v. Wilson, 450 U.S. 221 (1981).
- Plyler v. Doe, 457 U.S. 202 (1982).
Sources
Findlaw. http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/supreme.html. The Record Online, http://www.bergen.com/psouth/boardjc199807093.htm.
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