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KOLENDER, CHIEF OF POLICE OF SAN DIEGO, et al. v. LAWSON (1983)
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| KOLENDER, CHIEF OF POLICE OF SAN DIEGO, et al. v. LAWSON |
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| Term: 1982 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: November 8, 1982 |
| Decided: May 2, 1983 |
| Outcome |
| Affirmed (includes modified) |
| Vote |
| 7-2 |
| Majority |
| Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • John Paul Stevens |
| Concurring |
| William Brennan |
| Dissenting |
| William Rehnquist • Byron White |
KOLENDER, CHIEF OF POLICE OF SAN DIEGO, et al. v. LAWSON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 2, 1983. The case was argued before the court on November 8, 1982.
In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California Southern U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Due Process - Due process: miscellaneous (cf. loyalty oath), the residual code
- Petitioner: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
- Petitioner state: California
- Respondent type: Arrested person, or pretrial detainee
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 461 U.S. 352
- How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
- 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 liberal.
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