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NAACP v. FPC

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Case Basics
Docket No.: 
74-1608
Petitioner: 
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Respondent: 
Federal Power Commission
Consolidation: 
No. 74-1619
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1975-1981)
Opinion: 
425 U.S. 662 (1976)
Argued: 
Wednesday, February 25, 1976
Decided: 
Wednesday, May 19, 1976
Issues: 
Civil Rights, Employment Discrimination

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The Oyez Project, NAACP v. FPC , 425 U.S. 662 (1976)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1975/1975_74_1608)
(last visited Sunday, November 22, 2009).
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Decisions

Decision: 8 votes for NAACP, 0 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Federal Power

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Wrote a special concurrence
Burger
Voted with the majority
Brennan
Wrote the majority opinion
Stewart
Voted with the majority
White
Did not participate
Marshall
Voted with the majority
Blackmun
Wrote a regular concurrence
Powell
Voted with the majority
Rehnquist
Voted with the majority
Stevens

Full Opinion by Justice Potter Stewart