Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp.

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Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp. is a 1977 U.S. Supreme Court case that established the standard for proving discriminatory intent in equal protection challenges to facially neutral government actions, particularly in the context of zoning and housing discrimination.

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instanceOf United States Supreme Court case ⓘ
equal protection case ⓘ
housing discrimination case ⓘ
zoning law case ⓘ
areaOfLaw civil rights law ⓘ
constitutional law ⓘ
land use and zoning law ⓘ
arguedDate 1976-10-13 ⓘ
citation 429 U.S. 252 ⓘ
constitutionalProvision Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
court Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate 1977-01-11 ⓘ
decisionType reported decision ⓘ
dissentingJustice Byron R. White ⓘ
Thurgood Marshall ⓘ
William J. Brennan Jr. ⓘ
fullName Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp. ⓘ
holding Disproportionate racial impact alone, without proof of discriminatory intent, does not establish an equal protection violation. ⓘ
Evidence of discriminatory intent may be inferred from the totality of the relevant facts, including the historical background and sequence of events. ⓘ
Proof of racially discriminatory intent or purpose is required to show a violation of the Equal Protection Clause when a law is facially neutral. ⓘ
impact Became a leading precedent on proving discriminatory intent in equal protection cases. ⓘ
Frequently cited in later cases involving race discrimination and zoning. ⓘ
jurisdiction United States ⓘ
languageOfOpinion English ⓘ
legalIssue Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ
discriminatory intent standard ⓘ
zoning and housing discrimination ⓘ
locationOfDispute Arlington Heights, Illinois ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy Lewis F. Powell Jr. ⓘ
page 252 ⓘ
petitioner Village of Arlington Heights, Illinois ⓘ
proceduralPosture Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ⓘ
relatedCase Personnel Administrator of Massachusetts v. Feeney ⓘ
Washington v. Davis ⓘ
relatedDoctrine facially neutral law with discriminatory effect ⓘ
remedy Case remanded for further proceedings consistent with the Court’s opinion ⓘ
reporter United States Reports ⓘ
respondent Metropolitan Housing Development Corporation ⓘ
R. James Blackshire et al. ⓘ
shortName Arlington Heights ⓘ
standardEstablished discriminatory intent standard for facially neutral laws ⓘ
subjectMatter denial of rezoning for low- and moderate-income housing ⓘ
testArticulated Courts should consider impact of the official action, historical background, sequence of events, departures from normal procedures, and legislative or administrative history to determine discriminatory intent. ⓘ
volume 429 ⓘ
vote 5–3 ⓘ
year 1977 ⓘ

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