BROWN v. GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION et al. (1976)

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BROWN v. GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION et al.
Term: 1975
Important Dates
Argued: March 1, 1976
Decided: June 1, 1976
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-2
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
William Brennan • John Paul Stevens

BROWN v. GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 1, 1976. The case was argued before the court on March 1, 1976.

In a 6-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - employment discrimination: on basis of race, age, religion, illegitimacy, national origin, or working conditions.
  • Petitioner: Minority governmental employee or job applicant
  • Petitioner state: United States
  • Respondent type: General Services Administration
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 425 U.S. 820
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • 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.

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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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