J. E. B. v. ALABAMA ex rel. T. B. (1994)

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J. E. B. v. ALABAMA ex rel. T. B.
Term: 1993
Important Dates
Argued: November 2, 1993
Decided: April 19, 1994
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
6-3
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • David Souter • John Paul Stevens
Concurring
Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor
Dissenting
William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas

J. E. B. v. ALABAMA ex rel. T. B. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 19, 1994. The case was argued before the court on November 2, 1993.

In a 6-3 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 Alabama State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - Sex discrimination (excluding sex discrimination in employment)
  • Petitioner: Father
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Mother
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 511 U.S. 127
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
  • 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 liberal.

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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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