AT&T CORPORATION v. NOREEN HULTEEN et al. (2009)

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AT&T CORPORATION v. NOREEN HULTEEN et al.
Term: 2008
Important Dates
Argued: December 10, 2008
Decided: May 18, 2009
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
7-2
Majority
Samuel Alito • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • Clarence Thomas
Concurring
John Paul Stevens
Dissenting
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg

AT&T CORPORATION v. NOREEN HULTEEN et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 18, 2009. The case was argued before the court on December 10, 2008.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - Sex discrimination in employment (cf. sex discrimination)
  • Petitioner: Telephone, telecommunications, or telegraph company
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Female employee or job applicant
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 556 U.S. 701
  • 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: David Souter

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.

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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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