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Columbus Board Of Education v. Penick

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Case Basics
Docket No.: 
78-610
Petitioner: 
Columbus Board Of Education
Respondent: 
Penick
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1975-1981)
Opinion: 
443 U.S. 449 (1979)
Argued: 
Tuesday, April 24, 1979
Decided: 
Monday, July 2, 1979
Issues: 
Civil Rights, Desegregation, Schools

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The Oyez Project, Columbus Board Of Education v. Penick , 443 U.S. 449 (1979)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1978/1978_78_610)
(last visited Friday, November 27, 2009).
Facts of the Case: 

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Question: 

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Conclusion: 

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Decisions

Decision: 7 votes for Penick, 2 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Equal Protection

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Wrote a special concurrence, joined Stewart's concurrence
Burger
Voted with the majority
Brennan
Wrote a special concurrence
Stewart
Wrote the majority opinion
White
Voted with the majority
Marshall
Voted with the majority
Blackmun
Wrote a dissent, joined Rehnquist's dissent
Powell
Wrote a dissent
Rehnquist
Voted with the majority
Stevens

Full Opinion by Justice Byron R. White