VICKY M. LOPEZ, et al. v. MONTEREY COUNTY et al. (1999)

VICKY M. LOPEZ, et al. v. MONTEREY COUNTY et al.
	Term: 1998
Important Dates
	Argued: November 2, 1998
	Decided: January 20, 1999
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	8-1
Majority
	Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Sandra Day O'Connor • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens
Concurring
	Anthony Kennedy • William Rehnquist
Dissenting
	Clarence Thomas

VICKY M. LOPEZ, et al. v. MONTEREY COUNTY et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 20, 1999. The case was argued before the court on November 2, 1998.

In an 8-1 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 California Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - Voting Rights Act of 1965, plus amendments
Petitioner: voter, prospective voter, elector, or a nonelective official seeking reapportionment or redistricting of legislative districts (POL)
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: County government or county governmental unit, except school district
Respondent state: California
Citation: 525 U.S. 266
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
Who wrote the majority opinion: Sandra Day O'Connor

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.