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MORTON, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, et al. v. MANCARI et al.

Term: 1973
Important Dates
Argued: April 24, 1974
Decided: June 17, 1974
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart • Byron White

MORTON, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, et al. v. MANCARI et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 17, 1974. The case was argued before the court on April 24, 1974.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the New Mexico U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - Affirmative action
Petitioner: Department or Secretary of the Interior
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Governmental employee or job applicant
Respondent state: United States
Citation: 417 U.S. 535
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: Harry Blackmun

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 liberal.

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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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