GUY MITCHELL, et al. v. MARY L. HELMS, et al. (2000)

GUY MITCHELL, et al. v. MARY L. HELMS, et al.
	Term: 1999
Important Dates
	Argued: December 1, 1999
	Decided: June 28, 2000
Outcome
	Reversed
Vote
	6-3
Judgment of the court
	Clarence Thomas
Majority
	Anthony Kennedy • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia
Concurring
	Stephen Breyer • Sandra Day O'Connor
Dissenting
	Ruth Bader Ginsburg • David Souter • John Paul Stevens

GUY MITCHELL, et al. v. MARY L. HELMS, et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 28, 2000. The case was argued before the court on December 1, 1999.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Louisiana Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: First Amendment - Parochiaid: government aid to religious schools, or religious requirements in public schools
Petitioner: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Petitioner state: Louisiana
Respondent type: State or local governmental taxpayer, or executor of the estate of
Respondent state: Louisiana
Citation: 530 U.S. 793
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Judgment of the Court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
Who wrote the majority opinion: Clarence Thomas

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.