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HANRAHAN et al. v. HAMPTON et al. (1980)

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HANRAHAN et al. v. HAMPTON et al.
Term: 1979
Important Dates
Decided: June 2, 1980
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
7-1
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Concurring
Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist
Dissenting
Thurgood Marshall

HANRAHAN et al. v. HAMPTON et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 2, 1980.

In a 7-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Attorneys - Attorneys' and governmental employees' or officials' fees or compensation or licenses
  • Petitioner: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
  • Petitioner state: Illinois
  • Respondent type: Physically injured person, including wrongful death, who is not an employee
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 446 U.S. 754
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
  • 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.

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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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