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HOFFMAN, TRUSTEE v. CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF INCOME MAINTENANCE et al. (1989)

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HOFFMAN, TRUSTEE v. CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF INCOME MAINTENANCE et al.
Term: 1988
Important Dates
Argued: April 19, 1989
Decided: June 23, 1989
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Judgment of the court
Byron White
Majority
Anthony Kennedy • William Rehnquist
Concurring
Sandra Day O'Connor • Antonin Scalia
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens

HOFFMAN, TRUSTEE v. CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF INCOME MAINTENANCE et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 23, 1989. The case was argued before the court on April 19, 1989.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Connecticut U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Bankruptcy (except in the context of priority of federal fiscal claims)
  • Petitioner: Bankrupt person or business, or business in reorganization
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State department or agency
  • Respondent state: Connecticut
  • Citation: 492 U.S. 96
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Judgment of the Court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Byron White

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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