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FLORIDA et al. v. LONG et al. (1988)

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FLORIDA et al. v. LONG et al.
Term: 1987
Important Dates
Argued: February 22, 1988
Decided: June 22, 1988
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
5-4
Majority
Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • Byron White
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens

FLORIDA et al. v. LONG et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 22, 1988. The case was argued before the court on February 22, 1988.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Florida Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - Sex discrimination in employment (cf. sex discrimination)
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Florida
  • Respondent type: Retired or former governmental employee
  • Respondent state: Florida
  • Citation: 487 U.S. 223
  • 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: Anthony Kennedy

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.

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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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