HUNTER et al. v. UNDERWOOD et al. (1985)

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HUNTER et al. v. UNDERWOOD et al.
Term: 1984
Important Dates
Argued: February 26, 1985
Decided: April 16, 1985
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Byron White

HUNTER et al. v. UNDERWOOD et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 16, 1985. The case was argued before the court on February 26, 1985.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Alabama Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - Voting
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Alabama
  • Respondent type: voter, prospective voter, elector, or a nonelective official seeking reapportionment or redistricting of legislative districts (POL)
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 471 U.S. 222
  • 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: William Rehnquist

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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