DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT v. PEARLIE RUCKER et al. (2002)

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT v. PEARLIE RUCKER et al.
	Term: 2001
Important Dates
	Argued: February 19, 2002
	Decided: March 26, 2002
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT v. PEARLIE RUCKER et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 26, 2002. The case was argued before the court on February 19, 2002.

In an 8-0 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 California Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - poverty law, statutory: welfare benefits, typically under some Social Security Act provision.
Petitioner: Department or Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Indigent, needy, welfare recipient
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 535 U.S. 125
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: William Rehnquist

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.