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NECTOW v. CAMBRIDGE

No. 509.

277 U.S. 183 (1928)

NECTOW v. CITY OF CAMBRIDGE ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 14, 1928.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Judson Hannigan and John E. Hannigan for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Peter J. Nelligan, with whom Messrs. J. Edward Nally and Joseph P. Lyons were on the brief, for defendants in error.

MR. JUSTICE SUTHERLAND delivered the opinion of the Court.

A zoning ordinance of the City of Cambridge divides the city into three kinds of districts: residential, business and unrestricted. Each of these districts is sub-classified in respect of the kind of buildings which may be erected. The ordinance is an elaborate one, and of the same general character as that considered by this Court in Euclid v. Ambler Co...

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