BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF KEENE STATE COLLEGE et al. v. SWEENEY (1978) - Ballotpedia

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF KEENE STATE COLLEGE et al. v. SWEENEY

Term: 1978
Important Dates
Decided: November 13, 1978
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
5-4
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Byron White
Dissenting
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens • Potter Stewart

BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF KEENE STATE COLLEGE et al. v. SWEENEY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 13, 1978.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the New Hampshire U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - employment discrimination: on basis of race, age, religion, illegitimacy, national origin, or working conditions.
Petitioner: State college or university
Petitioner state: New Hampshire
Respondent type: Female governmental employee or job applicant
Respondent state: New Hampshire
Citation: 439 U.S. 24
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
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 conservative.

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External links

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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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