Legal Opinion
Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 11, 1977No. 75-616PublishedCited by 4,370 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Powell
In 1971 respondent Metropolitan Housing Development Corporation (MHDC) applied to petitioner, the Village - of Arlington Heights, Ill., for the rezoning of a 15-acre parcel from single-family to multiple-family classification. Using federal financial assistance, MHDC planned to build 190 clustered townhouse units for low- and moderate-income tenants. The Village denied the rezoning request. MHDC, joined by other plaintiffs who are also respondents here, brought suit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.1 They alleged that the denial was racially…
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