HARRIS, SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES v. MCRAE et al. (1980) - Ballotpedia

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HARRIS, SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES v. MCRAE et al.

Term: 1979
Important Dates
Argued: April 21, 1980
Decided: June 30, 1980
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
5-4
Majority
Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart
Concurring
Byron White
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens

HARRIS, SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES v. MCRAE et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 30, 1980. The case was argued before the court on April 21, 1980.

In a 5-4 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 New York Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Privacy - Abortion: including contraceptives
Petitioner: Department or Secretary of Health and Human Services
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: medical or Medicaid claimant
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 448 U.S. 297
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: Potter Stewart

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

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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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