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PASADENA CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION et al. v. SPANGLER et al.

Term: 1975
Important Dates
Argued: April 27, 1976
Decided: June 28, 1976
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
6-2
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall

PASADENA CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION et al. v. SPANGLER et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 28, 1976. The case was argued before the court on April 27, 1976.

In a 6-2 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 California Central U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of federal district courts or territorial courts
Petitioner: Local school district or board of education
Petitioner state: California
Respondent type: Racial or ethnic minority
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 427 U.S. 424
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: William Rehnquist

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

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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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