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JOHNSON v. TRANSPORTATION AGENCY, SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, et al. (1987)

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JOHNSON v. TRANSPORTATION AGENCY, SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, et al.
Term: 1986
Important Dates
Argued: November 12, 1986
Decided: March 24, 1987
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell
Concurring
Sandra Day O'Connor • John Paul Stevens
Dissenting
William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • Byron White

JOHNSON v. TRANSPORTATION AGENCY, SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 24, 1987. The case was argued before the court on November 12, 1986.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - Affirmative action
  • Petitioner: Governmental employee or job applicant
  • Petitioner state: California
  • Respondent type: County government or county governmental unit, except school district
  • Respondent state: California
  • Citation: 480 U.S. 616
  • 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: William Brennan

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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