BRENTWOOD ACADEMY v. TENNESSEE SECONDARY SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, et al. (2001)

BRENTWOOD ACADEMY v. TENNESSEE SECONDARY SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, et al.
	Term: 2000
Important Dates
	Argued: October 11, 2000
	Decided: February 20, 2001
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	5-4
Majority
	Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Sandra Day O'Connor • David Souter • John Paul Stevens
Dissenting
	Anthony Kennedy • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas

BRENTWOOD ACADEMY v. TENNESSEE SECONDARY SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 20, 2001. The case was argued before the court on October 11, 2000.

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 Tennessee Middle U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Due Process - Due process: miscellaneous (cf. loyalty oath), the residual code
Petitioner: Private school, college, or university
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Professional organization, business, or person
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 531 U.S. 288
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: David Souter

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.