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... > social science subjects > law > legal specialisms > education law > litigation: desegregation and affirmative action > Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp.

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Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp.  

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  • At issue in Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp. (1977) was whether the Village of Arlington Heights (“The Village”) was motivated by racial discrimination when it denied the Metropolitan Housing Development Corporation's (MHDC) request to rezone a 15-acre parcel of land from single-family to multiple-family classification. [Source: Encyclopedia of Education Law; Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp.]

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