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CIPRIANO v. CITY OF HOUMA et al. (1969)

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Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
CIPRIANO v. CITY OF HOUMA et al.
Term: 1968
Important Dates
Argued: April 24, 1969
Decided: June 16, 1969
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
8-0
Majority
William Brennan • William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall • Earl Warren • Byron White
Concurring
Hugo Black • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart

CIPRIANO v. CITY OF HOUMA et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 16, 1969. The case was argued before the court on April 24, 1969.

In an 8-0 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 Louisiana Eastern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1960s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Warren Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - Voting
  • Petitioner: voter, prospective voter, elector, or a nonelective official seeking reapportionment or redistricting of legislative districts (POL)
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
  • Respondent state: Louisiana
  • Citation: 395 U.S. 701
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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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