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Legal Citation: 435 U.S. 291 (1978)

Appellant
Edmund Foley

Appellee
William G. Connelie, S. A. Smith

Appellant's Claim
Edmund Foley, an alien with legal permanent residence in the United States, claimed that his rights under the Fourteenth Amendment were violated because he was excluded by New York State statute from taking a preliminary state police examination.

Chief Lawyer for Appellant
Jonathan A. Weiss

Chief Lawyer for Appellee
Judith A. Gordon

Justices for the Court
Harry A. Blackmun, Warren E. Burger (writing for the Court), Lewis F. Powell, Jr., William H. Rehnquist, Potter Stewart, Byron R. White

Justices Dissenting
William J. Brennan, Jr., Thurgood Marshall, John Paul Stevens

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
22 March 1978

Decision
The...