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