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BD. OF COUNTY COMM'RS v. UMBEHR (1996)
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| BD. OF COUNTY COMM'RS v. UMBEHR |
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| Term: 1995 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: November 28, 1995 |
| Decided: June 28, 1996 |
| Outcome |
| Affirmed (includes modified) |
| Vote |
| 7-2 |
| Majority |
| Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • David Souter • John Paul Stevens |
| Dissenting |
| Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas |
BD. OF COUNTY COMM'RS v. UMBEHR is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 28, 1996. The case was argued before the court on November 28, 1995.
In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Kansas U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: First Amendment - First Amendment, miscellaneous (cf. comity: First Amendment)
- Petitioner: County government or county governmental unit, except school district
- Petitioner state: Kansas
- Respondent type: Government contractor
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 518 U.S. 668
- 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: Sandra Day O'Connor
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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