City of New Orleans v. Dukes

City of New Orleans v. Dukes
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued November 11, 1975
Decided June 25, 1976
Full case nameCity of New Orleans, et al. v. Dukes, DBA Louisiana Concessions
Citations427 U.S. 297 (more)
96 S.Ct. 2513; 49 L. Ed. 2d 511; 1976 U.S. LEXIS 75
Case history
PriorAppeal from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 501 F.2d 706 (5th Cir. 1974)
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
ConcurrenceMarshall (in the judgment)
Stevens took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.
This case overturned a previous ruling or rulings
Morey v. Doud, 354 U.S. 457 (1957)

City of New Orleans v. Dukes, 427 U.S. 297 (1976), was a 1976 United States Supreme Court decision.

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