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UNITED STATES v. SCOTLAND NECK CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION et al.

Term: 1971
Important Dates
Argued: February 29, 1972
Decided: June 22, 1972
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
William Brennan • William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Concurring
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist

UNITED STATES v. SCOTLAND NECK CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 22, 1972. The case was argued before the court on February 29, 1972.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the North Carolina Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - Desegregation, schools
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Local school district or board of education
Respondent state: North Carolina
Citation: 407 U.S. 484
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: Potter Stewart

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

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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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