City of Edmonds v. Oxford House, Inc., et al.

Decided May 15, 1995. Ruth Bader Ginsburg delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 94-23 · 514 U.S. 725 (1995) · Cited 227 times

Holding

Edmonds’ zoning code definition of the term “family” is not a maximum occupancy restriction exempt from the FHA under § 3607(b)(1).

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–3.

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Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• Moore v. City of East Cleveland · 431 U.S. 494 (1977)
• Gregory v. Ashcroft · 501 U.S. 452 (1991)
• Trafficante v. Metropolitan Life Insurance · 409 U.S. 205 (1972)
• Commissioner v. Clark · 489 U.S. 726 (1989)
• Will v. Michigan Department of State Police · 491 U.S. 58 (1989)
• Warth v. Seldin · 422 U.S. 490 (1975)
• Morissette v. United States · 342 U.S. 246 (1952)
• Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co. · 272 U.S. 365 (1926)
• Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Thurston · 469 U.S. 111 (1985)
• Lorillard v. Pons · 434 U.S. 575 (1978)
• Hess v. Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corporation · 513 U.S. 30 (1994)
• Rodriguez v. United States · 480 U.S. 522 (1987)
• A. H. Phillips, Inc. v. Walling · 324 U.S. 490 (1945)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Amax Coal Co. · 453 U.S. 322 (1981)
• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission v. Mississippi · 456 U.S. 742 (1982)
• Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System v. Dimension Financial Corp. · 474 U.S. 361 (1986)
• Molzof v. United States · 502 U.S. 301 (1992)
• John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance v. Harris Trust & Savings Bank · 510 U.S. 86 (1993)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Porter v. Nussle · 534 U.S. 516 (2002)

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