Your feedback ensures we stay focused on the facts that matter to you most—take our survey.

BENNETT, SECRETARY OF EDUCATION v. KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (1985)

From Ballotpedia
Jump to: navigation, search

Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
BENNETT, SECRETARY OF EDUCATION v. KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Term: 1984
Important Dates
Argued: January 8, 1985
Decided: March 19, 1985
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
8-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Byron White

BENNETT, SECRETARY OF EDUCATION v. KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 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 January 8, 1985.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1980s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Burger Court, click here.

[1]

About the case

  • Subject matter: Federalism - miscellaneous federalism
  • Petitioner: Department or Secretary of Education
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Specified state board or department of education
  • Respondent state: Kentucky
  • Citation: 470 U.S. 656
  • 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: 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.

See also

External links

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
Retrieved from "https://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=BENNETT,_SECRETARY_OF_EDUCATION_v._KENTUCKY_DEPARTMENT_OF_EDUCATION_(1985)&oldid=9485221"