Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co.
- Decided
- November 22, 1926
- Docket
- 31
- Status
- Published
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
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What later courts said
- recognizing that block zoning ordinances could constitute a taking, but holding that the challenged ordinance did not do so — Stop Beach Renourishment, Inc. v. Florida Department of Environmental Protection (2010)
- concluding that a municipality could exclude apartment buildings because they would destroy the "residential character of the neighborhood" — Tree of Life Christian Sch. v. City of Upper Arlington, Ohio (2018)
- holding that a 75% value diminution caused by a zoning law did not constitute a taking — Rose Acre Farms, Inc. v. United States (2004)
Each line is a later court’s own words about this case, not a summary. Read the opinion before relying on it.
How the opinion begins
[*379] Mr. Justice Sutherland delivered the opinion of the Court.
The Village of Euclid is an Ohio municipal corporation. It adjoins and practically is a suburb of the City of Cleveland. Its estimated population is between 5,000 ,and 10,000, and its area from twelve to fourteen square miles, the greater part of which is farm lands or unimproved acreage. It lies, roughly, in the form of a parallelogram measuring approximately three and one-half miles each way. East and west it is traversed by three principal highways: Euclid Avenue, through the southerly border, St. Clair Avenue, through the central portion, and Lake Shore Boulevard, through the northerly border in close proximity to the shore of Lake Erie. The Nickel Plate railroad lies from 1,500 to 1,800 feet north of Euclid Avenue, and the Lake Shore railroad 1,600 feet farther to the north. The three highways and the two railroads are substantially parallel.
Appellee is the owner of a tract of land containing 68 acres, situated in the westerly end of the village, abutting on Euclid Avenue to the south and the Nickel Plate railroad to the. north. Adjoining this tract, both on the east and on the west, there have.,been laid out restricted residential plats upon which residences have been erected.
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Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co., 272 U.S. 365 (1926)Read the full opinion
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