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SHELBY COUNTY v. HOLDER (2013)

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SHELBY COUNTY v. HOLDER
Term: 2012
Important Dates
Argued: February 27, 2013
Decided: June 25, 2013
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
5-4
Majority
Samuel Alito • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia
Concurring
Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Elena Kagan • Sonia Sotomayor

SHELBY COUNTY v. HOLDER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 25, 2013. The case was argued before the court on February 27, 2013.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the District Of Columbia U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - Voting Rights Act of 1965, plus amendments
  • Petitioner: County government or county governmental unit, except school district
  • Petitioner state: Alabama
  • Respondent type: Department of Justice or Attorney General
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 570 U.S. 529
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: John Roberts
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: John Roberts

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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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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