LARKIN et al. v. GRENDEL'S DEN, INC. (1982)

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LARKIN et al. v. GRENDEL'S DEN, INC.
Term: 1982
Important Dates
Argued: October 4, 1982
Decided: December 13, 1982
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-1
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Dissenting
William Rehnquist

LARKIN et al. v. GRENDEL'S DEN, INC. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 13, 1982. The case was argued before the court on October 4, 1982.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Massachusetts U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: First Amendment - Establishment of religion (other than as pertains to parochiaid:)
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Massachusetts
  • Respondent type: Establishment serving liquor by the glass, or package liquor store
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 459 U.S. 116
  • 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: Warren Burger

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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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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