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

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HECKLER, SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES v. RINGER et al.
Term: 1983
Important Dates
Argued: February 27, 1984
Decided: May 14, 1984
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-3
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Byron White
Dissenting
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens

HECKLER, SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES v. RINGER et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 14, 1984. The case was argued before the court on February 27, 1984.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California Central 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: medical or Medicaid claimant
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 466 U.S. 602
  • 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: William Rehnquist

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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