BERRY et al. v. DOLES et al. (1978)

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BERRY et al. v. DOLES et al.
Term: 1977
Important Dates
Decided: June 26, 1978
Outcome
Affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part and remanded
Vote
7-2
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Concurring
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell
Dissenting
William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens

BERRY et al. v. DOLES et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 26, 1978.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Georgia Middle 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: State
  • Respondent state: Georgia
  • Citation: 438 U.S. 190
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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