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SOUTHEASTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE v. DAVIS (1979)

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SOUTHEASTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE v. DAVIS
Term: 1978
Important Dates
Argued: April 23, 1979
Decided: June 11, 1979
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Potter Stewart • Byron White

SOUTHEASTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE v. DAVIS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 11, 1979. The case was argued before the court on April 23, 1979.

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

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - Affirmative action
  • Petitioner: State college or university
  • Petitioner state: North Carolina
  • Respondent type: Handicapped individual, or organization of devoted to
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 442 U.S. 397
  • 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: Lewis Powell

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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