DANIEL BOGAN AND MARILYN RODERICK v. JANET SCOTT-HARRIS (1998)

DANIEL BOGAN AND MARILYN RODERICK v. JANET SCOTT-HARRIS
	Term: 1997
Important Dates
	Argued: December 3, 1997
	Decided: March 3, 1998
Outcome
	Reversed
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas

DANIEL BOGAN AND MARILYN RODERICK v. JANET SCOTT-HARRIS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 3, 1998. The case was argued before the court on December 3, 1997.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Massachusetts 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: Massachusetts
Respondent type: Minority female governmental employee or job applicant
Respondent state: Massachusetts
Citation: 523 U.S. 44
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: Clarence Thomas

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.