Hills, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development v. Gautreaux et al.
Decided April 20, 1976. Potter Stewart delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 74-1047 · 425 U.S. 284 (1976) · Cited 220 times
Holding
A metropolitan area remedy in this case is not impermissible as a matter of law.
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How the Justices voted
Decided 8–0.
Majority · 5
- Potter Stewart · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Harry Andrew Blackmun
- Lewis Franklin Powell Jr.
- Warren Earl Burger
- William Hubbs Rehnquist
Concurring · 3
- Byron Raymond White
- Thurgood Marshall · filed a concurring opinion
- William Joseph Brennan Jr.
“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.
Precedents cited
Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.
- Milliken v. Bradley · 418 U.S. 717 (1974)
- Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education · 402 U.S. 1 (1971)
- Rizzo v. Goode · 423 U.S. 362 (1976)
- Davis v. Board of School Comm'rs of Mobile Cty. · 402 U.S. 33 (1971)
- North Carolina State Board of Education v. Swann · 402 U.S. 43 (1971)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- Missouri v. Jenkins · 515 U.S. 70 (1995)
- General Building Contractors Assn., Inc. v. Pennsylvania · 458 U.S. 375 (1982)
- Cannon v. University of Chicago · 441 U.S. 677 (1979)
- Milliken v. Bradley · 433 U.S. 267 (1977)
- United States v. Booker · 543 U.S. 220 (2005)
- Regents of the University of California v. Bakke · 438 U.S. 265 (1978)
- Guardians Assn. v. Civil Serv. Comm'n of New York City · 463 U.S. 582 (1983)
- Dayton Board of Education v. Brinkman · 433 U.S. 406 (1977)
- Agency for Int'l Development v. Alliance for Open Society · 591 U.S. 430 (2020)
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