LASSITER v. NORTHAMPTON COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS (1959) - Ballotpedia

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LASSITER v. NORTHAMPTON COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS

Term: 1958
Important Dates
Argued: May 18, 1959
Decided: June 8, 1959
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Charles Whittaker

LASSITER v. NORTHAMPTON COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 8, 1959. The case was argued before the court on May 18, 1959.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the North Carolina State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - Voting
Petitioner: voter, prospective voter, elector, or a nonelective official seeking reapportionment or redistricting of legislative districts (POL)
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: County government or county governmental unit, except school district
Respondent state: North Carolina
Citation: 360 U.S. 45
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
Who wrote the majority opinion: William Douglas

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

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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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