DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS et al. v. FELDMAN et al. (1983)

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS et al. v. FELDMAN et al.
	Term: 1982
Important Dates
	Argued: December 8, 1982
	Decided: March 23, 1983
Outcome
	Vacated and remanded
Vote
	8-1
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Byron White
Dissenting
	John Paul Stevens

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS et al. v. FELDMAN et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 23, 1983. The case was argued before the court on December 8, 1982.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the District Of Columbia U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of federal district courts or territorial courts
Petitioner: state or U.S. supreme court
Petitioner state: District of Columbia
Respondent type: Attorney, or person acting as such;includes bar applicant or law student, or law firm or bar association
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 460 U.S. 462
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: William Brennan

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.