EAST CARROLL PARISH SCHOOL BOARD et al. v. MARSHALL (1976)

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EAST CARROLL PARISH SCHOOL BOARD et al. v. MARSHALL
Term: 1975
Important Dates
Argued: January 21, 1976
Decided: March 8, 1976
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Concurring
Warren Burger

EAST CARROLL PARISH SCHOOL BOARD et al. v. MARSHALL is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 8, 1976. The case was argued before the court on January 21, 1976.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Louisiana Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - reapportionment: other than plans governed by the Voting Rights Act
  • Petitioner: Local school district or board of education
  • Petitioner state: Louisiana
  • Respondent type: voter, prospective voter, elector, or a nonelective official seeking reapportionment or redistricting of legislative districts (POL)
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 424 U.S. 636
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
  • 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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