ESTES et al. v. METROPOLITAN BRANCHES OF THE DALLAS NAACP et al. (1980) - Ballotpedia

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ESTES et al. v. METROPOLITAN BRANCHES OF THE DALLAS NAACP et al.

Term: 1979
Important Dates
Argued: October 29, 1979
Decided: January 21, 1980
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
5-3
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Dissenting
Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart

ESTES et al. v. METROPOLITAN BRANCHES OF THE DALLAS NAACP et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 21, 1980. The case was argued before the court on October 29, 1979.

In a 5-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Texas Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: writ improvidently granted
Petitioner: Local school district or board of education
Petitioner state: Texas
Respondent type: Racial or ethnic minority
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 444 U.S. 437
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 conservative.

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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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