Moore v. City of East Cleveland, Ohio
United States Supreme Court
431 U.S. 494 (1977)
A City of East Cleveland (CEC) (defendant) housing ordinance limited dwelling occupancy to a narrow definition of "family" excluding Inez Moore's (plaintiff) actual living arrangement with her son and two grandsons; when Moore refused to modify her household after a violation notice, she was criminally charged, convicted, and sentenced to a fine and five days in jail, a conviction Ohio's appellate court upheld before Moore appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Whether a housing ordinance that limits the occupancy of a dwelling unit to members of a single family, and narrowly defines the term "family" to include only a few categories of related individuals, violates the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.