City of Richmond v. United States
| City of Richmond v. United States | |||||||
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| Argued April 23, 1975 Decided June 24, 1975 | |||||||
| Full case name | City of Richmond, Virginia v. United States | ||||||
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376 F. Supp. 1344, 1346 (DDC 1974) | ||||||
| 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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| 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.
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Further reading
- Daly, Mary C. (1991). "Rebuilding the City of Richmond: Congress's Power to Authorize the States to Implement Race-Conscious Affirmative Action Plans". Boston College Law Review 33 (5): 903. ISSN 0161-6587.
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