C. MARTIN LAWYER, III v. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE et al. (1997)

C. MARTIN LAWYER, III v. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE et al.
	Term: 1996
Important Dates
	Argued: February 19, 1997
	Decided: June 25, 1997
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	5-4
Majority
	Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • William Rehnquist • David Souter • John Paul Stevens
Dissenting
	Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas

C. MARTIN LAWYER, III v. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 25, 1997. The case was argued before the court on February 19, 1997.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Florida Middle 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: voter, prospective voter, elector, or a nonelective official seeking reapportionment or redistricting of legislative districts (POL)
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Department of Justice or Attorney General
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 521 U.S. 567
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
Who wrote the majority opinion: David Souter

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.