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CARTER et al. v. WEST FELICIANA PARISH SCHOOL BOARD et al. (1969)

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CARTER et al. v. WEST FELICIANA PARISH SCHOOL BOARD et al.
Term: 1969
Important Dates
Decided: December 13, 1969
Outcome
Vacated
Vote
8-0
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Warren Burger • William Douglas • John Harlan II • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart • Byron White

CARTER et al. v. WEST FELICIANA PARISH SCHOOL BOARD et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 13, 1969.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Louisiana Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - Desegregation, schools
  • Petitioner: Racial or ethnic minority
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Local school district or board of education
  • Respondent state: Louisiana
  • Citation: 396 U.S. 226
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Injunction
  • 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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