BOARD OF EDUCATION OF OKLAHOMA CITY v. NATIONAL GAY TASK FORCE (1985) - Ballotpedia

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BOARD OF EDUCATION OF OKLAHOMA CITY v. NATIONAL GAY TASK FORCE

Term: 1984
Important Dates
Argued: January 14, 1985
Decided: March 26, 1985
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
4-4
Equally divided vote
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Byron White

BOARD OF EDUCATION OF OKLAHOMA CITY v. NATIONAL GAY TASK FORCE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 26, 1985. The case was argued before the court on January 14, 1985.

In a 4-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Oklahoma Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: First Amendment - First Amendment, miscellaneous (cf. comity: First Amendment)
Petitioner: Local school district or board of education
Petitioner state: Oklahoma
Respondent type: Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transexual person or organization
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 470 U.S. 903
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Equally divided vote
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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