Village of Arlington Heights et al. v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp. et al.

Decided January 11, 1977. Lewis Franklin Powell Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 75-616 · 429 U.S. 252 (1977) · Cited 4,496 times

We don’t yet publish a summary of this opinion — read the official text below for the Court’s holding and reasoning.

How the Justices voted

Decided 5–3.

“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.

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.

• Warth v. Seldin · 422 U.S. 490 (1975)
• Washington v. Davis · 426 U.S. 229 (1976)
• Yick Wo v. Hopkins · 118 U.S. 356 (1886)
• Simon v. Eastern Kentucky Welfare Rights Organization · 426 U.S. 26 (1976)
• Gomillion v. Lightfoot · 364 U.S. 339 (1960)
• Sierra Club v. Morton · 405 U.S. 727 (1972)
• Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co. · 272 U.S. 365 (1926)
• United States v. Students Challenging Regulatory Agency Procedures (SCRAP) · 412 U.S. 669 (1973)
• Reitman v. Mulkey · 387 U.S. 369 (1967)
• Lane v. Wilson · 307 U.S. 268 (1939)
• Akins v. Texas · 325 U.S. 398 (1945)
• Palmer v. Thompson · 403 U.S. 217 (1971)
• WRIGHT Et Al. v. ROCKEFELLER, GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK, Et Al. · 376 U.S. 52 (1964)
• Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. v. Volpe · 401 U.S. 402 (1971)
• Baker v. Carr · 369 U.S. 186 (1962)
• United States v. Nixon · 418 U.S. 683 (1974)
• San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez · 411 U.S. 1 (1973)
• United States v. O'Brien · 391 U.S. 367 (1968)
• O'Shea v. Littleton · 414 U.S. 488 (1974)
• Association of Data Processing Service Organizations, Inc. v. Camp · 397 U.S. 150 (1970)
• Jenkins v. McKeithen · 395 U.S. 411 (1969)
• Linda R. S. v. Richard D. · 410 U.S. 614 (1973)
• Tenney v. Brandhove · 341 U.S. 367 (1951)
• Schlesinger v. Reservists Committee to Stop the War · 418 U.S. 208 (1974)
• Barrows v. Jackson · 346 U.S. 249 (1953)
• Grosjean v. American Press Co. · 297 U.S. 233 (1936)
• Lindsey v. Normet · 405 U.S. 56 (1972)
• Sullivan v. Little Hunting Park, Inc. · 396 U.S. 229 (1969)
• Griffin v. School Bd. of Prince Edward Cty. · 377 U.S. 218 (1964)
• Keyes v. School Dist. No. 1, Denver · 413 U.S. 189 (1973)

Cited by

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

• City of Mobile v. Bolden · 446 U.S. 55 (1980)
• Columbus Board of Education v. Penick · 443 U.S. 449 (1979)
• Castaneda v. Partida · 430 U.S. 482 (1977)
• Bush v. Vera · 517 U.S. 952 (1996)
• Reno v. Bossier Parish School Board · 520 U.S. 471 (1997)
• Personnel Administrator of Mass. v. Feeney · 442 U.S. 256 (1979)
• City of Memphis v. Greene · 451 U.S. 100 (1981)
• McCleskey v. Kemp · 481 U.S. 279 (1987)
• Miller v. Johnson · 515 U.S. 900 (1995)
• Rogers v. Lodge · 458 U.S. 613 (1982)
• Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins · 490 U.S. 228 (1989)
• Duke Power Co. v. Carolina Environmental Study Group, Inc. · 438 U.S. 59 (1978)
• Hunt v. Cromartie · 526 U.S. 541 (1999)
• Bray v. Alexandria Women's Health Clinic · 506 U.S. 263 (1993)
• Larson v. Valente · 456 U.S. 228 (1982)
• Hunter v. Underwood · 471 U.S. 222 (1985)
• Abbott v. Perez · 585 U.S. 579 (2018)
• Reno v. Bossier Parish School Board · 528 U.S. 320 (2000)
• Batson v. Kentucky · 476 U.S. 79 (1986)
• Hernandez v. New York · 500 U.S. 352 (1991)
• Havens Realty Corp. v. Coleman · 455 U.S. 363 (1982)
• Gladstone, Realtors v. Village of Bellwood · 441 U.S. 91 (1979)
• Regents of the University of California v. Bakke · 438 U.S. 265 (1978)
• Hazelwood School District v. United States · 433 U.S. 299 (1977)
• Nieves v. Bartlett · 587 U.S. 391 (2019)
• Sprint Communications Co. v. APCC Services, Inc. · 554 U.S. 269 (2008)
• Department of Commerce v. New York · 588 U.S. 752 (2019)
• Foster v. Chatman · 578 U.S. 488 (2016)
• Cooper v. Harris · 581 U.S. 285 (2017)
• City of Cuyahoga Falls v. Buckeye Community Hope Foundation · 538 U.S. 188 (2003)

Official text

Read the official opinion (U.S. Reports, govinfo.gov)

Explore from here

Lewis Franklin Powell Jr.’s profile · All Supreme Court opinions · The Supreme Court

Source: the U.S. Reports via govinfo.gov; authoring Justice and vote lineup from the Supreme Court Database (Washington University). Citation count from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data. Data last verified 2026-07-03. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).