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LARRY ZOBREST, ET UX., et al. v. CATALINA FOOTHILLS SCHOOL DISTRICT (1993)

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LARRY ZOBREST, ET UX., et al. v. CATALINA FOOTHILLS SCHOOL DISTRICT
Term: 1992
Important Dates
Argued: February 24, 1993
Decided: June 18, 1993
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
5-4
Majority
Anthony Kennedy • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas • Byron White
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • Sandra Day O'Connor • David Souter • John Paul Stevens

LARRY ZOBREST, ET UX., et al. v. CATALINA FOOTHILLS SCHOOL DISTRICT is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 18, 1993. The case was argued before the court on February 24, 1993.

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

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About the case

  • Subject matter: First Amendment - Parochiaid: government aid to religious schools, or religious requirements in public schools
  • Petitioner: Student, or applicant for admission to an educational institution
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Local school district or board of education
  • Respondent state: Arizona
  • Citation: 509 U.S. 1
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion 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.

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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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