New Orleans v. Dukes
Case Date: 05/05/1976
Court: United States Court of Appeals
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New Orleans v. Dukes
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued November 11, 1975
Decided June 25, 1976
Full case name
City of New Orleans, et al. v. Dukes, DBA Louisiana Concessions
Citations
427 U.S. 297 (more)
96 S.Ct. 2513; 49 L.Ed.2d 511
Prior history
Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Holding
New Orleans could rationally choose initially to eliminate vendors of more recent vintage. The “grandfather provision” does not violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Warren E. Burger
Associate Justices
William J. Brennan, Jr. · Potter Stewart
Byron White · Thurgood Marshall
Harry Blackmun · Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
William Rehnquist · John P. Stevens
Case opinions
Per curiam.
New Orleans v. Dukes, 427 U.S. 297 (1976), was a 1976 United States Supreme Court decision.
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