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ALDINGER v. HOWARD, TREASURER OF SPOKANE COUNTY, et al.

Term: 1975
Important Dates
Argued: March 24, 1976
Decided: June 24, 1976
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Majority
Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall

ALDINGER v. HOWARD, TREASURER OF SPOKANE COUNTY, et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 24, 1976. The case was argued before the court on March 24, 1976.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Washington Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: ancillary or pendent jurisdiction
Petitioner: Female governmental employee or job applicant
Petitioner state: Washington
Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Respondent state: Washington
Citation: 427 U.S. 1
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: William Rehnquist

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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