United States v. Fordice
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| United States v. Fordice | |||||||||||
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| Argued November 13, 1991 Decided June 26, 1992 |
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| The eight public universities in Mississippi had not sufficiently integrated and that the state must take affirmative action to change this under the Equal Protection Clause. The system was not declared unconstitutional; simply the court ruled that more action needed to be taken to ensure integration. | |||||||||||
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| Chief Justice: William Rehnquist Associate Justices: Byron White, Harry Blackmun, John Paul Stevens, Sandra Day O'Connor, Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy, David Souter, Clarence Thomas |
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| Majority by: White Joined by: Rehnquist, Blackmun, Stevens, O'Connor, Kennedy, Souter, and Thomas Concurrence by: O'CONNOR Concurrence by: Thomas Concurrence/dissent by: Scalia Dissent by: Burger, Blackmun, Powell, and Rhenquist |
In an eight to one ruling the United States Supreme Court ruled that the eight public universities in Mississippi had not sufficiently integrated and that the state must take affirmative action to change this under the Equal Protection Clause.
