Village of Willowbrook v. Olech

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 2000-02-23

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Justice Breyer, concurring in the result. The Solicitor General and the village of Willowbrook have expressed concern lest we interpret the Equal Protection Clause in this case in a way that would transform many ordinary violations of city or state law into violations of the Constitution. It might be thought that a rule that looks only to an intentional difference in treatment and a lack of a rational basis…

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