JETT v. DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (1989)

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JETT v. DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT
Term: 1988
Important Dates
Argued: March 28, 1989
Decided: June 22, 1989
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Majority
Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Byron White
Concurring
Antonin Scalia
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens

JETT v. DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 22, 1989. The case was argued before the court on March 28, 1989.

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

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - liability, civil rights acts (cf. liability, governmental and liability, nongovernmental; cruel and unusual punishment, non-death penalty)
  • Petitioner: Governmental employee or job applicant
  • Petitioner state: Texas
  • Respondent type: Local school district or board of education
  • Respondent state: Texas
  • Citation: 491 U.S. 701
  • 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: Sandra Day O'Connor

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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