Petitioner: City of Cleburne, Texas

Respondent: Cleburne Living Center

Petitioner's Claim: That the decision to deny the Cleburne Living Center a special use zoning permit served a legitimate government need and the zoning ordinance was constitutional.

Chief Lawyer for Petitioner: Earl Luna, Robert T. Miller, Jr., Mary Milford

Chief Lawyer for Respondent: Renea Hicks, Diane Shisk, Caryl Oberman

Justices for the Court: Harry A. Blackmun, Chief Justice Warren E. Burger, Sandra Day O'Connor, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., William H. Rehnquist, Byron R. White

Justices Dissenting: William J. Brennan, Jr., Thurgood Marshall, John Paul Stevens

Date of Decision: July 1, 1985

Decision: Ruled in favor of Cleburne Living Center by finding that the denial of a permit was based on prejudice against persons with mental retardation. The zoning...