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Legal Citation: 485 U.S. 1 (1988)

Appellants
Richard Pennell and Tri-County Apartment House Owners Association

Appellees
City of San Jose and City Council of San Jose

Appellants' Claim
That the provisions of the San Jose City rent control ordinance violated the Takings Clause of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments and the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment.

Chief Lawyer for Appellants
Harry D. Miller

Chief Lawyer for Appellees
Joan R. Gallo

Justices for the Court
Harry A. Blackmun, William J. Brennan, Jr., Thurgood Marshall, William H. Rehnquist (writing for the Court), John Paul Stevens, Byron R. White

Justices Dissenting
Sandra Day O'Connor, Antonin Scalia (Anthony M. Kennedy did not participate)

Place
Washington, D.C.

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