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JO ANNE B. BARNHART, COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY v. PAULINE THOMAS (2003)

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JO ANNE B. BARNHART, COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY v. PAULINE THOMAS
Term: 2003
Important Dates
Argued: October 14, 2003
Decided: November 12, 2003
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas

JO ANNE B. BARNHART, COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY v. PAULINE THOMAS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 12, 2003. The case was argued before the court on October 14, 2003.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New Jersey 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: 540 U.S. 20
  • 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: Antonin Scalia

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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