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HARRIS v. QUINN (2014)

| HARRIS v. QUINN |
|---|
| Term: 2013 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: January 21, 2014 |
| Decided: June 30, 2014 |
| Outcome |
| Affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part and remanded |
| Vote |
| 5-4 |
| Majority |
| Samuel Alito • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas |
| Dissenting |
| Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Elena Kagan • Sonia Sotomayor |
HARRIS v. QUINN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 30, 2014. The case was argued before the court on January 21, 2014.
In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Indiana Northern U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Unions - Labor-management disputes: right to organize
- Petitioner: Female governmental employee or job applicant
- Petitioner state: Illinois
- Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
- Respondent state: Illinois
- Citation: 573 U.S. 616
- 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: Samuel Alito
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
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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