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CITY OF REVERE v. MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL

Term: 1982
Important Dates
Argued: February 28, 1983
Decided: June 27, 1983
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell
Concurring
William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Byron White

CITY OF REVERE v. MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 27, 1983. The case was argued before the court on February 28, 1983.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Massachusetts State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Due Process - Due process: prisoners' rights and defendants' rights
Petitioner: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Petitioner state: Massachusetts
Respondent type: Hospital, medical center
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 463 U.S. 239
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: Harry Blackmun

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.

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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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