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UNITED STATES v. PARADISE et al. (1987)

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UNITED STATES v. PARADISE et al.
Term: 1986
Important Dates
Argued: November 12, 1986
Decided: February 25, 1987
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Judgment of the court
William Brennan
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Thurgood Marshall
Concurring
Lewis Powell • John Paul Stevens
Dissenting
Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • Byron White

UNITED STATES v. PARADISE et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 25, 1987. The case was argued before the court on November 12, 1986.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Alabama Middle U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - Affirmative action
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Minority governmental employee or job applicant
  • Respondent state: Alabama
  • Citation: 480 U.S. 149
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Judgment of the Court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
  • 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.

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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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