CITY OF EASTLAKE et al. v. FOREST CITY ENTERPRISES, INC. (1976)

CITY OF EASTLAKE et al. v. FOREST CITY ENTERPRISES, INC.
	Term: 1975
Important Dates
	Argued: March 1, 1976
	Decided: June 21, 1976
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	6-3
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
	William Brennan • Lewis Powell • John Paul Stevens

CITY OF EASTLAKE et al. v. FOREST CITY ENTERPRISES, INC. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 21, 1976. The case was argued before the court on March 1, 1976.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Ohio State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Zoning: constitutionality of such ordinances, or restrictions on owners' or lessors' use of real property
Petitioner: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Petitioner state: Ohio
Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 426 U.S. 668
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: Warren Burger

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as conservative.