HECKLER, SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES v. TURNER et al. (1985)

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HECKLER, SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES v. TURNER et al.
Term: 1984
Important Dates
Argued: October 9, 1984
Decided: February 27, 1985
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Byron White

HECKLER, SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES v. TURNER et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 27, 1985. The case was argued before the court on October 9, 1984.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California Northern 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: Parent or parents
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 470 U.S. 184
  • 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: Harry Blackmun

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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