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MARSTON et al. v. LEWIS et al. (1973)

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MARSTON et al. v. LEWIS et al.
Term: 1972
Important Dates
Decided: March 19, 1973
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-3
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
William Brennan • William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall

MARSTON et al. v. LEWIS et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 19, 1973.

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

For a full list of cases decided in the 1970s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Burger Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - Residency requirements: durational, plus discrimination against nonresidents
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Arizona
  • Respondent type: voter, prospective voter, elector, or a nonelective official seeking reapportionment or redistricting of legislative districts (POL)
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 410 U.S. 679
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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.

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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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