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ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, et al. v. HEIDI AHLBORN (2006)

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ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, et al. v. HEIDI AHLBORN
Term: 2005
Important Dates
Argued: February 27, 2006
Decided: May 1, 2006
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas

ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, et al. v. HEIDI AHLBORN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 1, 2006. The case was argued before the court on February 27, 2006.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Arkansas Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - poverty law, statutory: welfare benefits, typically under some Social Security Act provision.
  • Petitioner: State department or agency
  • Petitioner state: Arkansas
  • Respondent type: medical or Medicaid claimant
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 547 U.S. 268
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: John Roberts
  • 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.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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