CLEAVINGER et al. v. SAXNER et al. (1985)

CLEAVINGER et al. v. SAXNER et al.
	Term: 1985
Important Dates
	Argued: October 16, 1985
	Decided: December 10, 1985
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	6-3
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • John Paul Stevens
Dissenting
	Warren Burger • William Rehnquist • Byron White

CLEAVINGER et al. v. SAXNER et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 10, 1985. The case was argued before the court on October 16, 1985.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed 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: Economic Activity - Liability, governmental: tort or contract actions by or against government or governmental officials other than defense of criminal actions brought under a civil rights action.
Petitioner: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Petitioner state: United States
Respondent type: Prisoner, inmate of penal institution
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 474 U.S. 193
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 conservative.