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HARRIS, SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES v. ROSARIO et al. (1980)

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HARRIS, SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES v. ROSARIO et al.
Term: 1979
Important Dates
Decided: May 27, 1980
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-3
Majority
Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall

HARRIS, SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES v. ROSARIO et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 27, 1980.

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

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - poverty law, constitutional
  • Petitioner: Department or Secretary of Health and Human Services
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Indigent, needy, welfare recipient
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 446 U.S. 651
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • 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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