RODRIGUEZ et al. v. POPULAR DEMOCRATIC PARTY et al. (1982) - Ballotpedia

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RODRIGUEZ et al. v. POPULAR DEMOCRATIC PARTY et al.

Term: 1981
Important Dates
Argued: March 22, 1982
Decided: June 7, 1982
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Byron White

RODRIGUEZ et al. v. POPULAR DEMOCRATIC PARTY et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 7, 1982. The case was argued before the court on March 22, 1982.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Puerto Rico State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - Voting
Petitioner: Political candidate, activist, committee, party, party member, organization, or elected official
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Political candidate, activist, committee, party, party member, organization, or elected official
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 457 U.S. 1
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 conservative.

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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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