ACOSTA v. LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES et al. (1986)

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ACOSTA v. LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES et al. |
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Term: 1985 |
Important Dates |
Decided: June 30, 1986 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
7-2 |
Majority |
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Byron White |
Dissenting |
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall |
ACOSTA v. LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 30, 1986.
In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Judicial Power - Federal Rules of Civil Procedure including Supreme Court Rules, application of the Federal Rules of Evidence, Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure in civil litigation, Circuit Court Rules, and state rules and admiralty rules
- Petitioner: Unidentifiable
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: State department or agency
- Respondent state: Louisiana
- Citation: 478 U.S. 251
- How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
- What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
- Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown
These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as conservative.
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