Washington v. Davis

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:citation 426 U.S. 229
gptkbp:concurringOpinionBy gptkb:Justice_John_Paul_Stevens
gptkbp:date 1976-06-07
gptkbp:decidedBy gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:defendant gptkb:District_of_Columbia
gptkb:Metropolitan_Police_Department_of_the_District_of_Columbia
gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy gptkb:Justice_Thurgood_Marshall
gptkb:Justice_William_J._Brennan,_Jr.
gptkbp:docketNumber 74-1492
gptkbp:fullName Washington et al. v. Davis et al.
gptkbp:heldBy A law or official government action that has a racially disproportionate impact is not unconstitutional unless there is proof of a discriminatory purpose.
gptkbp:joinedBy gptkb:Justice_Harry_Blackmun
gptkb:Justice_John_Paul_Stevens
gptkb:Justice_Lewis_F._Powell,_Jr.
gptkb:Justice_Potter_Stewart
gptkb:Justice_William_H._Rehnquist
Chief Justice Warren E. Burger
gptkbp:legalSubject gptkb:Civil_Rights
gptkb:Equal_Protection_Clause
gptkb:Fourteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:location gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy gptkb:Justice_Byron_White
gptkbp:plaintiff Black applicants to the District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department
gptkbp:predecessor disparate impact doctrine in constitutional law
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Village_of_Arlington_Heights_v._Metropolitan_Housing_Development_Corp.
gptkb:Personnel_Administrator_of_Massachusetts_v._Feeney
gptkbp:subjectOf racial discrimination in employment testing
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Village_of_Arlington_Heights_v._Metropolitan_Housing_Development_Corporation_et_al.
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7
http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Washington v. Davis

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