CITY OF ST. LOUIS v. JAMES H. PRAPROTNIK (1988)

CITY OF ST. LOUIS v. JAMES H. PRAPROTNIK
	Term: 1987
Important Dates
	Argued: October 7, 1987
	Decided: March 2, 1988
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	7-1
Judgment of the court
	Sandra Day O'Connor
Majority
	William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • Byron White
Concurring
	Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall
Dissenting
	John Paul Stevens

CITY OF ST. LOUIS v. JAMES H. PRAPROTNIK is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 2, 1988. The case was argued before the court on October 7, 1987.

In a 7-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Missouri Eastern 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: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Petitioner state: Missouri
Respondent type: Governmental employee or job applicant
Respondent state: Missouri
Citation: 485 U.S. 112
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Judgment of the Court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
Who wrote the majority opinion: Sandra Day O'Connor

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.