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CITY OF ROME et al. v. UNITED STATES et al. (1980)
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| CITY OF ROME et al. v. UNITED STATES et al. |
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| Term: 1979 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: October 10, 1979 |
| Decided: April 22, 1980 |
| Outcome |
| Affirmed (includes modified) |
| Vote |
| 6-3 |
| Majority |
| William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Byron White |
| Concurring |
| Harry Blackmun • John Paul Stevens |
| Dissenting |
| Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart |
CITY OF ROME et al. v. UNITED STATES et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 22, 1980. The case was argued before the court on October 10, 1979.
In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the District Of Columbia U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Civil Rights - Voting Rights Act of 1965, plus amendments
- Petitioner: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
- Petitioner state: Alabama
- Respondent type: United States
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 446 U.S. 156
- How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Thurgood Marshall
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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