LAWRENCE C. PRESLEY, ETC. v. ETOWAH COUNTY COMMISSION et al. (1992) - Ballotpedia

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LAWRENCE C. PRESLEY, ETC. v. ETOWAH COUNTY COMMISSION et al.

Term: 1991
Important Dates
Argued: November 12, 1991
Decided: January 27, 1992
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Majority
Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • John Paul Stevens • Byron White

LAWRENCE C. PRESLEY, ETC. v. ETOWAH COUNTY COMMISSION et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 27, 1992. The case was argued before the court on November 12, 1991.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Alabama Middle U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - Voting Rights Act of 1965, plus amendments
Petitioner: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Petitioner state: Alabama
Respondent type: County government or county governmental unit, except school district
Respondent state: Alabama
Citation: 502 U.S. 491
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: Anthony Kennedy

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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