ERIC K. SHINSEKI, SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS v. WOODROW F. SANDERS (2009) - Ballotpedia

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ERIC K. SHINSEKI, SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS v. WOODROW F. SANDERS

Term: 2008
Important Dates
Argued: December 8, 2008
Decided: April 21, 2009
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
6-3
Majority
Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
Ruth Bader Ginsburg • David Souter • John Paul Stevens

ERIC K. SHINSEKI, SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS v. WOODROW F. SANDERS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 21, 2009. The case was argued before the court on December 8, 2008.

In a 6-3 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 U.S. Court of Veterans Appeals.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - military: veteran
Petitioner: Veterans' Administration
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Veteran
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 556 U.S. 396
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: John Roberts
Who wrote the majority opinion: Stephen Breyer

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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