JOHNSON et al. v. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE et al. (1985)

JOHNSON et al. v. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE et al.
	Term: 1984
Important Dates
	Argued: April 22, 1985
	Decided: June 17, 1985
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Byron White

JOHNSON et al. v. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 17, 1985. The case was argued before the court on April 22, 1985.

In a 9-0 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 Maryland U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - employment discrimination: on basis of race, age, religion, illegitimacy, national origin, or working conditions.
Petitioner: Governmental employee or job applicant
Petitioner state: Maryland
Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Respondent state: Maryland
Citation: 472 U.S. 353
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: Thurgood Marshall

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.