Morton v. Mancari
1974 United States Supreme Court case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Morton v. Mancari, 417 U.S. 535 (1974), was a United States legal case about the constitutionality, under the Fifth Amendment, of hiring preferences given to Indians within the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The Supreme Court of the United States held that the hiring preferences given by the United States Congress does not violate the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment.
Quick Facts Morton v. Mancari, Argued April 24, 1974 Decided June 17, 1974 ...
Morton v. Mancari | |
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Argued April 24, 1974 Decided June 17, 1974 | |
Full case name | Rogers C. B. Morton, Secretary of Interior, et al., Appellants v. C. R. Mancari, et al. |
Citations | 417 U.S. 535 (more) 94 S. Ct. 2474; 41 L. Ed. 2d 290 |
Holding | |
The hiring preferences given by Congress are not violative of the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment. | |
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Case opinion | |
Majority | Blackmun, joined by unanimous |
Laws applied | |
U.S. Const. amend. V |
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