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GARY DAVENPORT, et al. v. WASHINGTON EDUCATION ASSOCIATION (2007)

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GARY DAVENPORT, et al. v. WASHINGTON EDUCATION ASSOCIATION
Term: 2006
Important Dates
Argued: January 10, 2007
Decided: June 14, 2007
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas
Concurring
Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • John Roberts

GARY DAVENPORT, et al. v. WASHINGTON EDUCATION ASSOCIATION is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 14, 2007. The case was argued before the court on January 10, 2007.

In a 9-0 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 Washington State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Unions - Union or closed shop: includes agency shop litigation
  • Petitioner: Governmental employee or job applicant
  • Petitioner state: Washington
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Washington
  • Citation: 551 U.S. 177
  • 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: Antonin Scalia

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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