JANET RENO, ATTORNEY GENERAL v. BOSSIER PARISH SCHOOL BOARD (2000) - Ballotpedia

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JANET RENO, ATTORNEY GENERAL v. BOSSIER PARISH SCHOOL BOARD

Term: 1999
Important Dates
Argued: April 26, 1999
Decided: January 24, 2000
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Majority
Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia
Concurring
Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • David Souter • John Paul Stevens

JANET RENO, ATTORNEY GENERAL v. BOSSIER PARISH SCHOOL BOARD is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 24, 2000. The case was argued before the court on April 26, 1999.

In a 5-4 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.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - Voting Rights Act of 1965, plus amendments
Petitioner: attorney general of the United States, or his office
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Local school district or board of education
Respondent state: Louisiana
Citation: 528 U.S. 320
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
Who wrote the majority opinion: Antonin Scalia

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.

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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