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Analysis Overview	Issues Summary	Frequency Distributions	Crosstab Reports	Case Details

Supreme Court Detail

Case Name	SUGARMAN, ADMINISTRATOR, NEW YORK CITY HUMAN RESOURCES ADMINISTRATION, et al. v. DOUGALL et al. LEXIS \| Westlaw \| FindLaw \| CourtListener Note: FindLaw and CourtListener are free services.
Date Decision	June 25, 1973
Date Argument	January 08, 1973
Decision Type	opinion of the court (orally argued)
Citations	413 U.S. 634 93 S. Ct. 2842 1973 U.S. LEXIS 147 37 L. Ed. 2d 853
Docket	71-1222

Lower Court Detail

Court in which Case Originated	New York Southern U.S. District Court
Court whose Decision was Reviewed	New York Southern U.S. District Court
Petitioner	State New York
Respondent	alien, person subject to a denaturalization proceeding, or one whose citizenship is revoked

Vote Detail

Issue/Legal Provision (1 of 1)	CIVIL RIGHTS Employability Of Aliens (cf. Immigration And Naturalization) CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT Fourteenth Amendment (equal protection)
Vote Coalition	8 - 1
Decision Direction	Liberal
Justice Votes	voted with majority or plurality Douglas Brennan Stewart White Marshall Burger Blackmun Powell dissent Rehnquist

Supreme Court Database Detail

SCDB ID

1972-179-01

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