BEATRICE BRANCH, et al. v. JOHN ROBERT SMITH et al. (2003)

BEATRICE BRANCH, et al. v. JOHN ROBERT SMITH et al.
	Term: 2002
Important Dates
	Argued: December 10, 2002
	Decided: March 31, 2003
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	7-2
Majority
	Ruth Bader Ginsburg • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia
Concurring
	Stephen Breyer • Anthony Kennedy • David Souter • John Paul Stevens
Dissenting
	Sandra Day O'Connor • Clarence Thomas

BEATRICE BRANCH, et al. v. JOHN ROBERT SMITH et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 31, 2003. The case was argued before the court on December 10, 2002.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Mississippi Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - Voting Rights Act of 1965, plus amendments
Petitioner: voter, prospective voter, elector, or a nonelective official seeking reapportionment or redistricting of legislative districts (POL)
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: voter, prospective voter, elector, or a nonelective official seeking reapportionment or redistricting of legislative districts (POL)
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 538 U.S. 254
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
Who wrote the majority opinion: Antonin Scalia

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as liberal.