CITY OF GREENWOOD v. PEACOCK et al. (1966)

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CITY OF GREENWOOD v. PEACOCK et al.
Term: 1965
Important Dates
Argued: April 26, 1966
Decided: June 20, 1966
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
5-4
Majority
Hugo Black • Tom Clark • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
William Brennan • William Douglas • Abe Fortas • Earl Warren

CITY OF GREENWOOD v. PEACOCK et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 20, 1966. The case was argued before the court on April 26, 1966.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Mississippi Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - comity: civil rights
  • Petitioner: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
  • Petitioner state: Mississippi
  • Respondent type: Person or organization protesting racial or ethnic segregation or discrimination
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 384 U.S. 808
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • 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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