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ALEXANDER, SECRETARY OF THE ARMY v. FIOTO

Term: 1976
Important Dates
Argued: March 1, 1977
Decided: April 4, 1977
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
8-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • John Paul Stevens • Potter Stewart • Byron White

ALEXANDER, SECRETARY OF THE ARMY v. FIOTO is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 4, 1977. The case was argued before the court on March 1, 1977.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - employment discrimination: on basis of race, age, religion, illegitimacy, national origin, or working conditions.
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Veteran
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 430 U.S. 634
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: John Paul Stevens

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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