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NORWOOD et al. v. HARRISON et al. (1973)

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NORWOOD et al. v. HARRISON et al.
Term: 1972
Important Dates
Argued: February 20, 1973
Decided: June 25, 1973
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Concurring
William Brennan • William Douglas

NORWOOD et al. v. HARRISON et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 25, 1973. The case was argued before the court on February 20, 1973.

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

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - Desegregation, schools
  • Petitioner: Racial or ethnic minority
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Mississippi
  • Citation: 413 U.S. 455
  • 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: Warren Burger

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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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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