HENSLEY et al. v. ECKERHART et al. (1983)

HENSLEY et al. v. ECKERHART et al.
	Term: 1982
Important Dates
	Argued: November 3, 1982
	Decided: May 16, 1983
Outcome
	Vacated and remanded
Vote
	5-4
Majority
	Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Byron White
Concurring
	Warren Burger
Dissenting
	Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens

HENSLEY et al. v. ECKERHART et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 16, 1983. The case was argued before the court on November 3, 1982.

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 Missouri Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Attorneys - Attorneys' and governmental employees' or officials' fees or compensation or licenses
Petitioner: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Petitioner state: Missouri
Respondent type: Involuntarily committed mental patient
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 461 U.S. 424
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.