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AMDUR v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 80-1682.

638 F.2d 37 (1980)

Steven L. AMDUR, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF CHICAGO, a municipal corporation, Defendant-Appellee, Karle Meyer and North Dearborn Association, Applicants for Intervention.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 5, 1980.

Opinion January 23, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan L. Mills, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Regan Ebert, Corp. Counsel, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellee.

Before FAIRCHILD, Chief Judge, and SWYGERT and SPRECHER, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

This is an action challenging a Chicago zoning ordinance to limit growth in certain areas of the city by "downzoning," or reducing the size of buildings that may be constructed on certain parcels of land. The plaintiff, Steven Amdur, owns one such property in an area commonly known as the "near north side." He alleges that the zoning ordinance violates the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution (and analogous provisions of the...

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