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CITY OF BURLINGTON v. ERNEST DAGUE, SR., et al.

Term: 1991
Important Dates
Argued: April 21, 1992
Decided: June 24, 1992
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-3
Majority
Anthony Kennedy • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • Clarence Thomas • Byron White
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • Sandra Day O'Connor • John Paul Stevens

CITY OF BURLINGTON v. ERNEST DAGUE, SR., et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 24, 1992. The case was argued before the court on April 21, 1992.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Attorneys - Attorneys' and governmental employees' or officials' fees or compensation or licenses
Petitioner: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Petitioner state: Vermont
Respondent type: Attorney, or person acting as such;includes bar applicant or law student, or law firm or bar association
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 505 U.S. 557
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 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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