HECKLER, SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES v. DAY et al. (1984)

HECKLER, SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES v. DAY et al.
	Term: 1983
Important Dates
	Argued: December 5, 1983
	Decided: May 22, 1984
Outcome
	Vacated and remanded
Vote
	5-4
Majority
	Warren Burger • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Byron White
Dissenting
	Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens

HECKLER, SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES v. DAY et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 22, 1984. The case was argued before the court on December 5, 1983.

In a 5-4 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 Vermont U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - poverty law, statutory: welfare benefits, typically under some Social Security Act provision.
Petitioner: Department or Secretary of Health and Human Services
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Disabled person or disability benefit claimant
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 467 U.S. 104
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: Lewis Powell

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.