BETH ANN FARAGHER v. CITY OF BOCA RATON (1998)

BETH ANN FARAGHER v. CITY OF BOCA RATON
	Term: 1997
Important Dates
	Argued: March 25, 1998
	Decided: June 26, 1998
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
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

BETH ANN FARAGHER v. CITY OF BOCA RATON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 26, 1998. The case was argued before the court on March 25, 1998.

In a 7-2 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 Florida Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - Sex discrimination in employment (cf. sex discrimination)
Petitioner: Female employee or job applicant
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: employer. If employer's relations with employees are governed by the nature of the employer's business (e.g., railroad, boat), rather than labor law generally, the more specific designation is used in place of Employer.
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 524 U.S. 775
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: 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 liberal.