KADRMAS et al. v. DICKINSON PUBLIC SCHOOLS et al. (1988) - Ballotpedia

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KADRMAS et al. v. DICKINSON PUBLIC SCHOOLS et al.

Term: 1987
Important Dates
Argued: March 30, 1988
Decided: June 24, 1988
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Majority
Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • Byron White
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens

KADRMAS et al. v. DICKINSON PUBLIC SCHOOLS et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 24, 1988. The case was argued before the court on March 30, 1988.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the North Dakota State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - poverty law, constitutional
Petitioner: Student, or applicant for admission to an educational institution
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Local school district or board of education
Respondent state: North Dakota
Citation: 487 U.S. 450
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

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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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