KEVIN ALBRIGHT v. ROGER OLIVER, ETC., et al. (1994)

KEVIN ALBRIGHT v. ROGER OLIVER, ETC., et al.
	Term: 1993
Important Dates
	Argued: October 12, 1993
	Decided: January 24, 1994
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	7-2
Judgment of the court
	William Rehnquist
Majority
	Sandra Day O'Connor
Concurring
	Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
	Harry Blackmun • John Paul Stevens

KEVIN ALBRIGHT v. ROGER OLIVER, ETC., et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 24, 1994. The case was argued before the court on October 12, 1993.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois Central U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - liability, civil rights acts (cf. liability, governmental and liability, nongovernmental; cruel and unusual punishment, non-death penalty)
Petitioner: Student, or applicant for admission to an educational institution
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Respondent state: Illinois
Citation: 510 U.S. 266
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Judgment of the Court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
Who wrote the majority opinion: William Rehnquist

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.