EAGAR et al. v. MAGMA COPPER CO. (1967)

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EAGAR et al. v. MAGMA COPPER CO.
Term: 1967
Important Dates
Decided: December 11, 1967
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
5-3
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Abe Fortas • Earl Warren • Byron White
Dissenting
William Douglas • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart

EAGAR et al. v. MAGMA COPPER CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 11, 1967.

In a 5-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Arizona U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1960s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Warren Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - military: veteran
  • Petitioner: Veteran
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: employer. If employer's relations with employees are governed by the nature of the employer's business (e.g., railroad, boat), rather than labor law generally, the more specific designation is used in place of Employer.
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 389 U.S. 323
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • 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 liberal.

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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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