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MOORE v. CITY OF EAST CLEVELAND, OHIO

Term: 1976
Important Dates
Argued: November 2, 1976
Decided: May 31, 1977
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
5-4
Judgment of the court
Lewis Powell
Majority
Harry Blackmun
Concurring
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens
Dissenting
Warren Burger • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart • Byron White

MOORE v. CITY OF EAST CLEVELAND, OHIO is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 31, 1977. The case was argued before the court on November 2, 1976.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. 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: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Respondent state: Ohio
Citation: 431 U.S. 494
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Judgment of the Court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: Lewis Powell

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 liberal.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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