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BRAD BENNETT, et al. v. MICHAEL SPEAR, et al.

Term: 1996
Important Dates
Argued: November 13, 1996
Decided: March 19, 1997
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas

BRAD BENNETT, et al. v. MICHAEL SPEAR, et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 19, 1997. The case was argued before the court on November 13, 1996.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Oregon U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - Standing to sue: statutory standing
Petitioner: Local governmental unit other than a county, city, town, township, village, or borough
Petitioner state: Oregon
Respondent type: Department or Secretary of the Interior
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 520 U.S. 154
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: Antonin Scalia

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

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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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