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BRANIGIN et al. v. DUDDLESTON et al. (1968)

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BRANIGIN et al. v. DUDDLESTON et al.
Term: 1967
Important Dates
Decided: May 20, 1968
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-1
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Abe Fortas • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Byron White
Dissenting
William Douglas

BRANIGIN et al. v. DUDDLESTON et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 20, 1968.

In a 7-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Indiana Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - reapportionment: other than plans governed by the Voting Rights Act
  • Petitioner: State commission, board, committee, or authority
  • Petitioner state: Indiana
  • Respondent type: voter, prospective voter, elector, or a nonelective official seeking reapportionment or redistricting of legislative districts (POL)
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 391 U.S. 364
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • 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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