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COLUMBUS BOARD OF EDUCATION et al. v. PENICK et al.

Term: 1978
Important Dates
Argued: April 24, 1979
Decided: July 2, 1979
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-2
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Concurring
Warren Burger • Potter Stewart
Dissenting
Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist

COLUMBUS BOARD OF EDUCATION et al. v. PENICK et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on July 2, 1979. The case was argued before the court on April 24, 1979.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Ohio Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - Desegregation, schools
Petitioner: Local school district or board of education
Petitioner state: Ohio
Respondent type: Racial or ethnic minority
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 443 U.S. 449
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: Byron White

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.

See also

External links

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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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