Perkins et al. v. Matthews, Mayor of the City of Canton, et al. (400 U.S. 379)
U.S. Supreme Court · decided January 14, 1971 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Citation
- 400 U.S. 379 · 91 S. Ct. 431
- Decided
- January 14, 1971
- Term
- October Term 1970
- Vote
- 8–1
- Majority author
- Justice Brennan
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Outcome
- Petitioning party won
- Ideological direction
- Liberal
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