EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION v. FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY et al. (1986)

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION v. FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY et al.
	Term: 1985
Important Dates
	Argued: January 22, 1986
	Decided: April 29, 1986
Outcome
	Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
	7-2
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist
Dissenting
	John Paul Stevens • Byron White

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION v. FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 29, 1986. The case was argued before the court on January 22, 1986.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit (includes the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia but not the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, which has local jurisdiction).

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: writ improvidently granted
Petitioner: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Federal Labor Relations Authority
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 476 U.S. 19
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
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.