Hadacheck v. Sebastian

Hadacheck v. Sebastian
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued October 22, 1915
Decided December 20, 1915
Full case nameHadacheck v. Sebastian, Chief of Police of the City of Los Angeles
Citations239 U.S. 394 (more)
36 S.Ct. 143; 60 L. Ed. 348; 1915 U.S. LEXIS 1430
Case history
PriorWrit of habeas corpus discharged, Ex parte Hadacheck, 165 Cal. 416, 132 P. 584 (1913); affirmed, Hadacheck v. Alexander, 169 Cal. 616, 147 P. 259 (1915).
Holding
An ordinance of Los Angeles prohibiting the manufacturing of bricks within specified limits of the city was a legitimate exercise of the police power.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Edward D. White
Associate Justices
Joseph McKenna · Oliver W. Holmes Jr.
William R. Day · Charles E. Hughes
Willis Van Devanter · Joseph R. Lamar
Mahlon Pitney · James C. McReynolds
Case opinion
MajorityMcKenna, joined by unanimous

Hadacheck v. Sebastian, 239 U.S. 394 (1915), was an early U.S. Supreme Court case on the constitutionality of zoning ordinances.[1] The Court held that an ordinance of Los Angeles, California, prohibiting the manufacturing of bricks within specified limits of the city did not unconstitutionally deprive the petitioner of his property without due process of law, or deny him equal protection of the laws.

  1. ^ Hadacheck v. Sebastian, 239 U.S. 394 (1915). Public domain This article incorporates public domain material from this U.S government document.