JESSE BROWN, SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS v. FRED P. GARDNER (1994) - Ballotpedia

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JESSE BROWN, SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS v. FRED P. GARDNER

Term: 1994
Important Dates
Argued: October 31, 1994
Decided: December 12, 1994
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas

JESSE BROWN, SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS v. FRED P. GARDNER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 12, 1994. The case was argued before the court on October 31, 1994.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Veterans Appeals.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - military: veteran
Petitioner: Veterans' Administration
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Veteran
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 513 U.S. 115
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: David Souter

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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