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ZABLOCKI, MILWAUKEE COUNTY CLERK v. REDHAIL (1978)

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ZABLOCKI, MILWAUKEE COUNTY CLERK v. REDHAIL
Term: 1977
Important Dates
Argued: October 4, 1977
Decided: January 18, 1978
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-1
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Byron White
Concurring
Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • John Paul Stevens • Potter Stewart
Dissenting
William Rehnquist

ZABLOCKI, MILWAUKEE COUNTY CLERK v. REDHAIL is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 18, 1978. The case was argued before the court on October 4, 1977.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Wisconsin Eastern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1970s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Burger Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - poverty law, constitutional
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Wisconsin
  • Respondent type: Parent or parents
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 434 U.S. 374
  • 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: Thurgood Marshall

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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