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GASTON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA v. UNITED STATES

Term: 1968
Important Dates
Argued: April 23, 1969
Decided: June 2, 1969
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-1
Majority
William Brennan • William Douglas • John Harlan II • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Byron White
Dissenting
Hugo Black

GASTON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 2, 1969. The case was argued before the court on April 23, 1969.

In a 7-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the District Of Columbia U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1960s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Warren Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - Voting Rights Act of 1965, plus amendments
Petitioner: County government or county governmental unit, except school district
Petitioner state: North Carolina
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 395 U.S. 285
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
Who wrote the majority opinion: John Harlan II

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

The Supreme Court Database

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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