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CITY OF RICHMOND v. J. A. CROSON COMPANY

Term: 1988
Important Dates
Argued: October 5, 1988
Decided: January 23, 1989
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Majority
Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Byron White
Concurring
Anthony Kennedy • Antonin Scalia • John Paul Stevens
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall

CITY OF RICHMOND v. J. A. CROSON COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 23, 1989. The case was argued before the court on October 5, 1988.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Virginia Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - Affirmative action
Petitioner: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Petitioner state: Virginia
Respondent type: Government contractor
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 488 U.S. 469
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: Sandra Day O'Connor

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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