CITY OF RICHMOND v. J. A. CROSON CO.

No. 87-998.

488 U.S. 469 (1989)

CITY OF RICHMOND v. J. A. CROSON CO.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 23, 1989


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Payton argued the cause for appellant. With him on the briefs were Mark S. Hersh, Drew St. J. Carneal, Michael L. Sarahan, Michael K. Jackson, and John H. Pickering.

Walter H. Ryland argued the cause and filed a brief for appellee.*


JUSTICE O'CONNOR announced the judgment of the Court and delivered the opinion of the Court with respect to Parts I, III-B, and IV, an opinion with respect to Part II, in which THE CHIEF JUSTICE and JUSTICE WHITE join, and an opinion with respect to Parts III-A and V, in which THE CHIEF JUSTICE, JUSTICE WHITE, and JUSTICE KENNEDY join.

In this case, we confront once again the tension between the Fourteenth Amendment's guarantee...

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