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Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center

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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.

Additional topics

Law Library - American Law and Legal InformationNotable Trials and Court Cases - 1981 to 1988