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UNITED STATES v. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF SHEFFIELD, ALABAMA, et al.

Term: 1977
Important Dates
Argued: October 11, 1977
Decided: March 6, 1978
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-3
Majority
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Concurring
Harry Blackmun • Lewis Powell
Dissenting
Warren Burger • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens

UNITED STATES v. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF SHEFFIELD, ALABAMA, et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 6, 1978. The case was argued before the court on October 11, 1977.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Alabama Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - Voting Rights Act of 1965, plus amendments
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Respondent state: Alabama
Citation: 435 U.S. 110
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: William Brennan

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

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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