HEFFERNAN v. CITY OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY (2016) - Ballotpedia

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HEFFERNAN v. CITY OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY

Term: 2015
Important Dates
Argued: January 19, 2016
Decided: April 26, 2016
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
6-2
Majority
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Elena Kagan • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Sonia Sotomayor
Dissenting
Samuel Alito • Clarence Thomas

HEFFERNAN v. CITY OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 26, 2016. The case was argued before the court on January 19, 2016.

In a 6-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the New Jersey U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: First Amendment - First Amendment, miscellaneous (cf. comity: First Amendment)
Petitioner: Governmental employee or job applicant
Petitioner state: New Jersey
Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Respondent state: New Jersey
Citation: 578 U.S. 266
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: Stephen Breyer

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 liberal.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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