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BLANDING et al. v. DUBOSE et al. (1982)

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BLANDING et al. v. DUBOSE et al.
Term: 1981
Important Dates
Decided: January 11, 1982
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Concurring
Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist

BLANDING et al. v. DUBOSE et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 11, 1982.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the South Carolina 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: County government or county governmental unit, except school district
  • Respondent state: South Carolina
  • Citation: 454 U.S. 393
  • 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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