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|procedural_history=SCOTUS grants ''certiorari'' in the ''[[Ambler Realty Co. v. Village of Euclid, Ohio]]'' case.
|procedural_history=SCOTUS grants ''certiorari'' in the ''[[Ambler Realty Co. v. Village of Euclid, Ohio]]'' case.
|issues=Do zoning regulations constitute an [[Constitution of the United States|unconstitutional]] deprivation of property?
|issues=Do zoning regulations constitute an [[Constitution of the United States|unconstitutional]] deprivation of property?
|holding=Zoning regulations are usually constitutional so long as they aren't arbitrary or unreasonable.
|rule=Zoning regulations must be justified on the basis of
#public health
#safety
#morals
#general welfare.
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Euclid v. Ambler Realty (1926)
Court Supreme Court of the United States
Citation
Date decided November 22, 1926

Facts

Starting in the early 1900s, local governments began to regulate economic and real estate activities.

Zoning laws in the United States began to restrict land uses.

Procedural History

SCOTUS grants certiorari in the Ambler Realty Co. v. Village of Euclid, Ohio case.

Issues

Do zoning regulations constitute an unconstitutional deprivation of property?

Holding

Zoning regulations are usually constitutional so long as they aren't arbitrary or unreasonable.

Rule

Zoning regulations must be justified on the basis of

  1. public health
  2. safety
  3. morals
  4. general welfare.

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