BOWEN v. UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE et al. (1983)

BOWEN v. UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE et al.
	Term: 1982
Important Dates
	Argued: October 6, 1982
	Decided: January 11, 1983
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	5-4
Majority
	William Brennan • Warren Burger • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • John Paul Stevens
Dissenting
	Harry Blackmun • Thurgood Marshall • William Rehnquist • Byron White

BOWEN v. UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 11, 1983. The case was argued before the court on October 6, 1982.

In a 5-4 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 Virginia Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Unions - Union-union member dispute (except as pertains to union or closed shop)
Petitioner: Governmental employee or job applicant
Petitioner state: United States
Respondent type: Postal Service and Post Office, or Postmaster General, or Postmaster
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 459 U.S. 212
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 conservative.