CATHY BURNS v. RICK REED (1991)

CATHY BURNS v. RICK REED
	Term: 1990
Important Dates
	Argued: November 28, 1990
	Decided: May 30, 1991
Outcome
	Affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Concurring
	Harry Blackmun • Thurgood Marshall • Antonin Scalia

CATHY BURNS v. RICK REED is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 30, 1991. The case was argued before the court on November 28, 1990.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Indiana Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - liability, civil rights acts (cf. liability, governmental and liability, nongovernmental; cruel and unusual punishment, non-death penalty)
Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Respondent state: Indiana
Citation: 500 U.S. 478
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: Byron White

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.