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HAZELWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT et al. v. UNITED STATES (1977)

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HAZELWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT et al. v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1976
Important Dates
Argued: April 27, 1977
Decided: June 27, 1977
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
8-1
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart
Concurring
William Brennan • Byron White
Dissenting
John Paul Stevens

HAZELWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT et al. v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 27, 1977. The case was argued before the court on April 27, 1977.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Missouri Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - employment discrimination: on basis of race, age, religion, illegitimacy, national origin, or working conditions.
  • Petitioner: Local school district or board of education
  • Petitioner state: Missouri
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 433 U.S. 299
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • 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.

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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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