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Patterson v. Mclean Credit Union

Docket: 87-107
Citation: 491 U.S. 164 (1989)
Petitioner: Patterson
Respondent: Mclean Credit Union

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Abstract

Argument: Monday, February 29, 1988
Reargument: Wednesday, October 12, 1988
Decision: Thursday, June 15, 1989
Issues: Civil Rights, Employment Discrimination
Categories: employment, precedent, race discrimination

Advocates

Julius LeVonne Chambers (on behalf of the Petitioner)
H. Lee Davis, Jr. (on behalf of the Respondent)
Penda D. Hair (on behalf of the Petitioner)
Roger S. Kaplan (on behalf of the Respondent)

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 Mclean Credit Union, 4 vote(s) against
Legal Provision: Reconstruction Civil Rights Acts (42 USC 1981)
Voted with the minority, joined Brennan's dissent
Marshall
Wrote a dissent
Brennan
Voted with the minority, joined Brennan's dissent
Blackmun
Wrote a dissent, joined Brennan's dissent
Stevens
Voted with the majority
White
Voted with the majority
O'Connor
Wrote the majority opinion
Kennedy
Voted with the majority
Scalia
Voted with the majority
Rehnquist
Full Opinion by Justice Anthony Kennedy

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The Oyez Project, Patterson v. Mclean Credit Union, 491 U.S. 164 (1989),
available at: <http://www.oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1987/1987_87_107/>
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