CORDELL PEARSON, et al. v. AFTON CALLAHAN (2009) - Ballotpedia

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CORDELL PEARSON, et al. v. AFTON CALLAHAN

Term: 2008
Important Dates
Argued: October 14, 2008
Decided: January 21, 2009
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas

CORDELL PEARSON, et al. v. AFTON CALLAHAN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 21, 2009. The case was argued before the court on October 14, 2008.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Utah 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: Governmental employee or job applicant
Petitioner state: Utah
Respondent type: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 555 U.S. 223
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 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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