ANDERSON v. CITY OF BESSEMER CITY, NORTH CAROLINA (1985) - Ballotpedia

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ANDERSON v. CITY OF BESSEMER CITY, NORTH CAROLINA

Term: 1984
Important Dates
Argued: December 3, 1984
Decided: March 19, 1985
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Concurring
Harry Blackmun • Lewis Powell

ANDERSON v. CITY OF BESSEMER CITY, NORTH CAROLINA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 19, 1985. The case was argued before the court on December 3, 1984.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the North Carolina Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - Sex discrimination in employment (cf. sex discrimination)
Petitioner: Female governmental employee or job applicant
Petitioner state: North Carolina
Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Respondent state: North Carolina
Citation: 470 U.S. 564
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: Byron White

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.

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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