Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp.

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United States Supreme Court case equal protection case housing discrimination case zoning law case

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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Predicate	Object
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 → surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
country	United States of America → surface form: United States
court	Supreme Court of the United States →
decisionDate	1977-01-11 →
decisionType	reported decision →
dissentingJustice	Byron R. White NERFINISHED → Thurgood Marshall → William J. Brennan Jr. NERFINISHED →
fullName	Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp. self-link →
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 of America → surface form: United States
languageOfOpinion	English →
legalIssue	Equal Protection Clause → surface form: Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment discriminatory intent standard → zoning and housing discrimination →
locationOfDispute	Arlington Heights, Illinois NERFINISHED →
majorityOpinionBy	Lewis F. Powell Jr. NERFINISHED →
page	252 →
petitioner	Arlington Heights, Illinois → surface form: 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 NERFINISHED →
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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Equal Protection Clause → basisFor → Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp. →

Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp. → fullName → Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp. self-link →

Washington v. Davis → influenced → Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp. →

Yick Wo v. Hopkins → subsequentCitationBy → Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp. →