BUCK DOE v. ELAINE L. CHAO, SECRETARY OF LABOR (2004) - Ballotpedia

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BUCK DOE v. ELAINE L. CHAO, SECRETARY OF LABOR

Term: 2003
Important Dates
Argued: December 3, 2003
Decided: February 24, 2004
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Majority
Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • John Paul Stevens

BUCK DOE v. ELAINE L. CHAO, SECRETARY OF LABOR is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 24, 2004. The case was argued before the court on December 3, 2003.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Virginia Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Privacy - Privacy (cf. libel, comity: privacy)
Petitioner: Physically injured person, including wrongful death, who is not an employee
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Department or Secretary of Labor
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 540 U.S. 614
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 conservative.

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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