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HAVENS REALTY CORP. et al. v. COLEMAN et al. (1982)
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| HAVENS REALTY CORP. et al. v. COLEMAN et al. |
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| Term: 1981 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: December 1, 1981 |
| Decided: February 24, 1982 |
| Outcome |
| Affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part and remanded |
| Vote |
| 9-0 |
| Majority |
| Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Byron White |
| Concurring |
| Lewis Powell |
HAVENS REALTY CORP. et al. v. COLEMAN et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 24, 1982. The case was argued before the court on December 1, 1981.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Virginia Eastern U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Judicial Power - Standing to sue: statutory standing
- Petitioner: Realtor
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Racial or ethnic minority
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 455 U.S. 363
- How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
- Who wrote the majority opinion: William Brennan
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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