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BOB JONES UNIVERSITY v. UNITED STATES

Term: 1982
Important Dates
Argued: October 12, 1982
Decided: May 24, 1983
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-1
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Concurring
Lewis Powell
Dissenting
William Rehnquist

BOB JONES UNIVERSITY v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 24, 1983. The case was argued before the court on October 12, 1982.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the South Carolina U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - Desegregation, schools
Petitioner: Private school, college, or university
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Internal Revenue Service, Collector, Commissioner, or District Director of
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 461 U.S. 574
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: Warren Burger

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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