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ATTORNEY GENERAL OF N. Y. v. SOTO-LOPEZ

No. 84-1803.

476 U.S. 898 (1986)

ATTORNEY GENERAL OF NEW YORK v. SOTO-LOPEZ ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 17, 1986

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Hermann, Solicitor General of New York, argued the cause for appellant. With him on the brief were Robert Abrams, Attorney General, pro se, O. Peter Sherwood, Deputy Solicitor General, and Christopher Keith Hall, Assistant Attorney General.

Kenneth Kimerling argued the cause for appellees. With him on the brief was Juan Cartagena.*

JUSTICE BRENNAN announced the judgment of the Court and delivered an opinion, in which JUSTICE MARSHALL, JUSTICE BLACKMUN, and JUSTICE POWELL join.

The question presented by this appeal is whether a preference in civil service employment opportunities offered by the State of New York solely to resident veterans who lived in the State at the time they entered military service violates the constitutional rights of resident veterans who lived outside the State when they...

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