VILLAGE OF WILLOWBROOK, et al. v. GRACE OLECH (2000)
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| VILLAGE OF WILLOWBROOK, et al. v. GRACE OLECH |
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| Term: 1999 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: January 10, 2000 |
| Decided: February 23, 2000 |
| Outcome |
| Affirmed (includes modified) |
| Vote |
| 9-0 |
| Majority |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas |
| Concurring |
| Stephen Breyer |
VILLAGE OF WILLOWBROOK, et al. v. GRACE OLECH is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 23, 2000. The case was argued before the court on January 10, 2000.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois Northern U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Civil Rights - Miscellaneous civil rights (cf. comity: civil rights)
- Petitioner: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
- Petitioner state: Illinois
- Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 528 U.S. 562
- How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
- What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown
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.
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