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BEER et al. v. UNITED STATES et al.

Term: 1975
Important Dates
Argued: March 26, 1975
Decided: March 30, 1976
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
5-3
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart
Dissenting
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Byron White

BEER et al. v. UNITED STATES et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 30, 1976. The case was argued before the court on March 26, 1975.

In a 5-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the District Of Columbia U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - Voting Rights Act of 1965, plus amendments
Petitioner: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Petitioner state: Louisiana
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 425 U.S. 130
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: Potter Stewart

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 conservative.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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