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ELKINS, PRESIDENT, UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND v. MORENO et al. (1978)
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| ELKINS, PRESIDENT, UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND v. MORENO et al. |
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| Term: 1977 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: February 22, 1978 |
| Decided: April 19, 1978 |
| Outcome |
| Certification to or from a lower court |
| Vote |
| 7-2 |
| Majority |
| Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • John Paul Stevens • Potter Stewart • Byron White |
| Dissenting |
| Warren Burger • William Rehnquist |
ELKINS, PRESIDENT, UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND v. MORENO et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 19, 1978. The case was argued before the court on February 22, 1978.
The U.S. Supreme Court examined the lower court's certified question. The case originated from the Maryland U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Civil Rights - Residency requirements: durational, plus discrimination against nonresidents
- Petitioner: State college or university
- Petitioner state: Maryland
- Respondent type: Alien, person subject to a denaturalization proceeding, or one whose citizenship is revoked
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 435 U.S. 647
- 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: William Brennan
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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