HARRIS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT et al. v. MOORE et al. (1975)

HARRIS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT et al. v. MOORE et al.
	Term: 1974
Important Dates
	Argued: November 11, 1974
	Decided: February 18, 1975
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	8-1
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
	William Douglas

HARRIS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT et al. v. MOORE et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 18, 1975. The case was argued before the court on November 11, 1974.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Texas Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - comity: civil rights
Petitioner: County government or county governmental unit, except school district
Petitioner state: Texas
Respondent type: Political candidate, activist, committee, party, party member, organization, or elected official
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 420 U.S. 77
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: Thurgood Marshall

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.