BOWEN, SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES v. YUCKERT (1987)

BOWEN, SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES v. YUCKERT
	Term: 1986
Important Dates
	Argued: January 13, 1987
	Decided: June 8, 1987
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	6-3
Majority
	Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • Byron White
Concurring
	Sandra Day O'Connor • John Paul Stevens
Dissenting
	Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall

BOWEN, SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES v. YUCKERT is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 8, 1987. The case was argued before the court on January 13, 1987.

In a 6-3 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 Washington Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - poverty law, statutory: welfare benefits, typically under some Social Security Act provision.
Petitioner: Department or Secretary of Health and Human Services
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Disabled person or disability benefit claimant
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 482 U.S. 137
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: 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 conservative.