City of Richmond v. J. A. Croson Company (488 U.S. 469)
U.S. Supreme Court · decided January 23, 1989 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Citation
- 488 U.S. 469 · 109 S. Ct. 706
- Decided
- January 23, 1989
- Term
- October Term 1988
- Vote
- 6–3
- Majority author
- Justice O'Connor
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Disposition
- Affirmed
- Outcome
- Petitioning party lost
- Ideological direction
- Conservative
- Constitutional ruling
- Local ordinance held unconstitutional
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