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WRIGHT et al. v. CITY OF ROANOKE REDEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING AUTHORITY (1987)

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WRIGHT et al. v. CITY OF ROANOKE REDEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING AUTHORITY
Term: 1986
Important Dates
Argued: October 6, 1986
Decided: January 14, 1987
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
5-4
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Dissenting
Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia

WRIGHT et al. v. CITY OF ROANOKE REDEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING AUTHORITY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 14, 1987. The case was argued before the court on October 6, 1986.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Virginia Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - Standing to sue: private or implied cause of action
  • Petitioner: Tenant or lessee
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Local governmental unit other than a county, city, town, township, village, or borough
  • Respondent state: Virginia
  • Citation: 479 U.S. 418
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Byron White

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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