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Gilmore v. City Of Montgomery

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Case Basics
Docket No.: 
72-1517
Petitioner: 
Gilmore
Respondent: 
City Of Montgomery
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1972-1975)
Opinion: 
417 U.S. 556 (1974)
Argued: 
January 15-16, 1974
Decided: 
Monday, June 17, 1974
Issues: 
Civil Rights, Desegregation, Schools

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The Oyez Project, Gilmore v. City Of Montgomery , 417 U.S. 556 (1974)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1973/1973_72_1517)
(last visited Wednesday, November 25, 2009).
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Decisions

Decision: 5 votes for Gilmore, 4 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Equal Protection

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Voted with the majority
Burger
Voted with the minority, joined White's dissent
Douglas
Wrote a dissent
Brennan
Voted with the majority
Stewart
Wrote a dissent
White
Wrote a dissent
Marshall
Wrote the majority opinion
Blackmun
Voted with the majority
Powell
Voted with the majority
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Full Opinion by Justice Harry A. Blackmun