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ORGANIZATION FOR A BETTER AUSTIN et al. v. KEEFE (1971)

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ORGANIZATION FOR A BETTER AUSTIN et al. v. KEEFE
Term: 1970
Important Dates
Argued: January 20, 1971
Decided: May 17, 1971
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
8-1
Majority
Hugo Black • Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
John Harlan II

ORGANIZATION FOR A BETTER AUSTIN et al. v. KEEFE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 17, 1971. The case was argued before the court on January 20, 1971.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois State Trial 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: First Amendment - First Amendment, miscellaneous (cf. comity: First Amendment)
  • Petitioner: Racial or ethnic minority
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Realtor
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 402 U.S. 415
  • 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: 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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