BLUM, COMMISSIONER, NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES v. STENSON (1984)

BLUM, COMMISSIONER, NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES v. STENSON
	Term: 1983
Important Dates
	Argued: January 11, 1984
	Decided: March 21, 1984
Outcome
	Affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Concurring
	William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall

BLUM, COMMISSIONER, NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES v. STENSON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 21, 1984. The case was argued before the court on January 11, 1984.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Attorneys - Attorneys' and governmental employees' or officials' fees or compensation or licenses
Petitioner: State department or agency
Petitioner state: New York
Respondent type: Attorney, or person acting as such;includes bar applicant or law student, or law firm or bar association
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 465 U.S. 886
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: Lewis Powell

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.