JIMMY SWAGGART MINISTRIES v. BOARD OF EQUALIZATION OF CALIFORNIA (1990) - Ballotpedia

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JIMMY SWAGGART MINISTRIES v. BOARD OF EQUALIZATION OF CALIFORNIA

Term: 1989
Important Dates
Argued: October 31, 1989
Decided: January 17, 1990
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Anthony Kennedy • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • John Paul Stevens • Byron White

JIMMY SWAGGART MINISTRIES v. BOARD OF EQUALIZATION OF CALIFORNIA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 17, 1990. The case was argued before the court on October 31, 1989.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: First Amendment - Free exercise of religion
Petitioner: Religious organization, institution, or person
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State commission, board, committee, or authority
Respondent state: California
Citation: 493 U.S. 378
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
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.

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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