CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA v. SHEEHAN (2015) - Ballotpedia

Your monthly support provides voters the knowledge they need to make confident decisions at the polls. Donate today.

From Ballotpedia

Jump to: navigation, search

CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA v. SHEEHAN

Term: 2014
Important Dates
Argued: March 23, 2015
Decided: May 18, 2015
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
8-0
Majority
Samuel Alito • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Sonia Sotomayor • Clarence Thomas
Concurring
Elena Kagan • Antonin Scalia

CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA v. SHEEHAN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 18, 2015. The case was argued before the court on March 23, 2015.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the California Northern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 2010s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Roberts Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - handicapped, rights of: under Rehabilitation, Americans with Disabilities Act, and related statutes
Petitioner: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Petitioner state: California
Respondent type: Physically injured person, including wrongful death, who is not an employee
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 575 U.S. 600
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: John Roberts
Who wrote the majority opinion: Samuel Alito

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

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

v • e

Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States

Active justices

Chief justice: Roberts
Associate justices: Alito • Barrett • Gorsuch • Jackson • Kagan • Kavanaugh • Sotomayor • Thomas

Senior justices

Breyer • Kennedy • Souter

Former chief justices

Burger • Chase • Ellsworth • Fuller • Hughes • Jay • Marshall • Rehnquist • Rutledge • Stone • Taft • Taney • Vinson • Waite • Warren •

Former associate justices

O'Connor • Baldwin • Barbour • Black • Blackmun • Blair • Blatchford • Bradley • Brandeis • Brennan • Brewer • Brown • Burton • Butler • Byrnes • Campbell • Cardozo • Catron • Chase • Clark • Clarke • Clifford • Curtis • Cushing • Daniel • Davis • Day • Douglas • Duvall • Field • Fortas • Frankfurter • Ginsburg • Goldberg • Gray • Grier • Harlan I • Harlan II • Holmes • Hunt • Iredell • H. Jackson • R. Jackson • T. Johnson • W. Johnson, Jr. • J. Lamar • L. Lamar • Livingston • Lurton • Marshall • Matthews • McKenna • McKinley • McLean • McReynolds • Miller • Minton • Moody • Moore • Murphy • Nelson • Paterson • Peckham • Pitney • Powell • Reed • Roberts • W. Rutledge • Sanford • Scalia • Shiras • Stevens • Stewart • Story • Strong • Sutherland • Swayne • Thompson • Todd • Trimble • Van Devanter • Washington • Wayne • B. White • Whittaker • Wilson • Woodbury • Woods

Retrieved from "https://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=CITY_AND_COUNTY_OF_SAN_FRANCISCO,_CALIFORNIA_v._SHEEHAN_(2015)&oldid=9487616"