Great American Court Cases | First English Evangelical Lutheran Church of Glendale v. County of Los Angeles, California

Legal Citation: 482 U.S. 304 (1987)

Appellant
First English Evangelical Lutheran Church of Glendale

Appellee
County of Los Angeles, California

Appellant's Claim
The "interim ordinance" adopted by the County of Los Angeles denied the appellant's right to use of his property and violated the Just Compensation Clause of the Fifth Amendment.

Chief Lawyer for Appellant
Michael M. Berger

Chief Lawyer for Appellee
Jack R. White

Justices for the Court
William J. Brennan, Jr., Thurgood Marshall, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., William H. Rehnquist (writing for the Court), Antonin Scalia, Byron R. White

Justices Dissenting
Harry A. Blackmun, Sandra Day O'Connor, John Paul Stevens

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
9 June 1987

Decision
The Court found in favor of the...