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Abstract

Argument: Tuesday, October 7, 1980
Decision: Monday, December 15, 1980
Issues: Civil Rights, Employment Discrimination

Advocates

Judith E. Harris (on behalf of the Respondent)
Nicholas H. Rodriguez (on behalf of the Petitioners)

Facts of the Case

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Question

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Conclusion

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Supreme Court Justice Opinions and Votes (by Ideology)

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Decision: 5 votes for Delaware State College, 4 vote(s) against
Legal Provision: Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title VII
Voted with the minority, joined Stewart's dissent
Marshall
Voted with the minority, joined Stewart's dissent
Brennan
Wrote a dissent
Stevens
Voted with the majority
Blackmun
Voted with the majority
White
Wrote a dissent
Stewart
Wrote the majority opinion
Powell
Voted with the majority
Burger
Voted with the majority
Rehnquist
Full Opinion by Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr.

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The Oyez Project, Delaware State College v. Ricks, 449 U.S. 250 (1980),
available at: <http://www.oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1980/1980_79_939/>
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