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KY. RET. SYS. v. EEOC (2008)

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KY. RET. SYS. v. EEOC
Term: 2007
Important Dates
Argued: January 9, 2008
Decided: June 19, 2008
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
5-4
Majority
Stephen Breyer • John Roberts • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
Samuel Alito • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Antonin Scalia

KY. RET. SYS. v. EEOC is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 19, 2008. The case was argued before the court on January 9, 2008.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Kentucky Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - employment discrimination: on basis of race, age, religion, illegitimacy, national origin, or working conditions.
  • Petitioner: State commission, board, committee, or authority
  • Petitioner state: Kentucky
  • Respondent type: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 554 U.S. 135
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: John Roberts
  • 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.

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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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