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DEMOSTHENES et al. v. BAAL et al. (1990)

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DEMOSTHENES et al. v. BAAL et al.
Term: 1989
Important Dates
Decided: June 3, 1990
Outcome
Vacated
Vote
5-4
Majority
Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • Byron White
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens

DEMOSTHENES et al. v. BAAL et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 3, 1990.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Nevada U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1980s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Rehnquist Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - Standing to sue: personal injury
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Nevada
  • Respondent type: Parent or parents
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 495 U.S. 731
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
  • Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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