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NAACP v. New York

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Case Basics
Docket No.: 
72-129
Petitioner: 
New York
Respondent: 
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1972-1975)
Opinion: 
413 U.S. 345 (1973)
Argued: 
February 27-28, 1973
Decided: 
Thursday, June 21, 1973
Issues: 
Civil Rights, Voting Rights Act of 1965

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The Oyez Project, NAACP v. New York , 413 U.S. 345 (1973)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1972/1972_72_129)
(last visited Wednesday, November 25, 2009).
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Decisions

Decision: 6 votes for New York, 2 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Voting Rights Act of 1965

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Did not participate
Marshall
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Voted with the majority
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Full Opinion by Justice Harry A. Blackmun