ALLEN D. BROWN AND GREG HAYES v. LEGAL FOUNDATION OF WASHINGTON et al. (2003)

ALLEN D. BROWN AND GREG HAYES v. LEGAL FOUNDATION OF WASHINGTON et al.
	Term: 2002
Important Dates
	Argued: December 9, 2002
	Decided: March 26, 2003
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	5-4
Majority
	Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Sandra Day O'Connor • David Souter • John Paul Stevens
Dissenting
	Anthony Kennedy • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas

ALLEN D. BROWN AND GREG HAYES v. LEGAL FOUNDATION OF WASHINGTON et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 26, 2003. The case was argued before the court on December 9, 2002.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Washington Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Due Process - Due process: takings clause, or other non-constitutional governmental taking of property
Petitioner: state or U.S. supreme court
Petitioner state: Washington
Respondent type: Attorney, or person acting as such;includes bar applicant or law student, or law firm or bar association
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 538 U.S. 216
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
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 liberal.