MAYOR OF PHILADELPHIA v. EDUCATIONAL EQUALITY LEAGUE et al. (1974) - Ballotpedia

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MAYOR OF PHILADELPHIA v. EDUCATIONAL EQUALITY LEAGUE et al.

Term: 1973
Important Dates
Argued: December 10, 1973
Decided: March 25, 1974
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
5-4
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart
Dissenting
William Brennan • William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall • Byron White

MAYOR OF PHILADELPHIA v. EDUCATIONAL EQUALITY LEAGUE et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 25, 1974. The case was argued before the court on December 10, 1973.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Pennsylvania Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - Desegregation (other than as pertains to school desegregation, employment discrimination, and affirmative action)
Petitioner: Political candidate, activist, committee, party, party member, organization, or elected official
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Racial or ethnic minority
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 415 U.S. 605
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: Lewis Powell

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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