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October Term 2004 · decided Mar 29, 2005

Roderick Jackson v. Birmingham Board of Education

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Roderick Jackson v. Birmingham Board of Education, OT 2004, March 29, 2005.
Citation: 544 U.S. 167.
Vote: 5 to 4.
Issue area: Civil Rights.

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Decided 2005-03-29 (October Term 2004). Citation: 544 U.S. 167. Vote: 5–4. Issue area: Civil Rights. (Metadata from the Supreme Court Database.)

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