JO ANNE B. BARNHART, COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY v. CLEVELAND B. WALTON (2002)

JO ANNE B. BARNHART, COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY v. CLEVELAND B. WALTON
	Term: 2001
Important Dates
	Argued: January 16, 2002
	Decided: March 27, 2002
Outcome
	Reversed
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas
Concurring
	Antonin Scalia

JO ANNE B. BARNHART, COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY v. CLEVELAND B. WALTON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 27, 2002. The case was argued before the court on January 16, 2002.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Virginia Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - handicapped, rights of: under Rehabilitation, Americans with Disabilities Act, and related statutes
Petitioner: Social Security Administration or Commissioner
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Disabled person or disability benefit claimant
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 535 U.S. 212
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: Stephen Breyer

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.