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ELY v. KLAHR et al. (1971)

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ELY v. KLAHR et al.
Term: 1970
Important Dates
Argued: March 23, 1971
Decided: June 7, 1971
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Concurring
Hugo Black • William Douglas • John Harlan II

ELY v. KLAHR et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 7, 1971. The case was argued before the court on March 23, 1971.

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

For a full list of cases decided in the 1970s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Burger Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - reapportionment: other than plans governed by the Voting Rights Act
  • Petitioner: voter, prospective voter, elector, or a nonelective official seeking reapportionment or redistricting of legislative districts (POL)
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Arizona
  • Citation: 403 U.S. 108
  • 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: 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 conservative.

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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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