VILLAGE OF EUCLID et al. v. AMBLER REALTY COMPANY (1926)

VILLAGE OF EUCLID et al. v. AMBLER REALTY COMPANY
	Term: 1926
Important Dates
	Argued: January 27, 1926
	Decided: November 22, 1926
Outcome
	Reversed
Vote
	6-3
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Edward Terry Sanford • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft
Dissenting
	Pierce Butler • James Clark McReynolds • Willis Van Devanter

VILLAGE OF EUCLID et al. v. AMBLER REALTY COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 22, 1926. The case was argued before the court on January 27, 1926.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Ohio Northern U.S. District 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: 272 U.S. 365
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Howard Taft
Who wrote the majority opinion: George Sutherland

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.