| City of Richmond v. United States | ||||||
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Supreme Court of the United States |
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| Argued April 23, 1975 Decided June 24, 1975 |
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| Full case name | City of Richmond, Virginia v. United States | |||||
| Citations | 422 U.S. 358 (more) 376 F. Supp. 1344, 1346 (DDC 1974) |
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| Holding | ||||||
| An annexation reducing the relative political strength of the minority race in the enlarged city as compared with what it was before the annexation does not violate 5 of the Act as long as the postannexation system fairly recognizes, as it does in this case; the minority's political potential. | ||||||
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| Case opinions | ||||||
| Majority | White, joined by Burger, Stewart, Blackmun, Rehnquist | |||||
| Dissent | Brennan, joined by Douglas, Marshall | |||||
| Powell took no part in the consideration or decision of the case. | ||||||
City of Richmond v. United States, 422 U.S. 358 (1975) was a case that upheld Richmond, Virginia's annexation of land from surrounding counties.