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GEORGIA et al. v. UNITED STATES (1973)

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GEORGIA et al. v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1972
Important Dates
Argued: February 21, 1973
Decided: May 7, 1973
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart
Concurring
Warren Burger
Dissenting
Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Byron White

GEORGIA et al. v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 7, 1973. The case was argued before the court on February 21, 1973.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Georgia Northern 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 - Voting Rights Act of 1965, plus amendments
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Georgia
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 411 U.S. 526
  • 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: Potter Stewart

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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