Legal Opinion
Moore v. City of East Cleveland
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 31, 1977No. 75-6289PublishedCited by 1,747 opinions
1Judgment of the CourtJustice Powell, joined by Justice Brennan, Justice Marshall, and Justice Blackmun
East Cleveland’s housing ordinance, like many throughout the country, limits occupancy of a dwelling unit to members *496of a single family. § 1351.02.1 But the ordinance contains an unusual and complicated definitional section that recognizes as a “family” only a few categories of related individuals. § 1341.08.2 Because her family, living together in her home, fits none of those categories, appellant stands convicted of a criminal offense. The question in this case is whether the ordinance violates the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.3
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Appellant, Mrs. Inez Moore, lives in her…
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