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October Term 1997 · decided Dec 2, 1997

Murphy J. Foster, Jr., Governor of Louisiana, et al. v. G. Scott Love, Paul S. Bergeron, Kathleen B. Balhoff, and Bennie Baker-Bourgeois

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  • Murphy J. Foster, Jr., Governor of Louisiana, et al. v. G. Scott Love, Paul S. Bergeron, Kathleen B. Balhoff, and Bennie Baker-Bourgeois, OT 1997, December 2, 1997.
  • Citation: 522 U.S. 67.
  • Vote: 9 to 0.
  • Issue area: Civil Rights.

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Decided 1997-12-02 (October Term 1997). Citation: 522 U.S. 67. Vote: 9–0. Issue area: Civil Rights. (Metadata from the Supreme Court Database.)

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