LAWRENCE COUNTY et al. v. LEAD-DEADWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 40-1 (1985) - Ballotpedia

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LAWRENCE COUNTY et al. v. LEAD-DEADWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 40-1

Term: 1984
Important Dates
Argued: October 30, 1984
Decided: January 9, 1985
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
7-2
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • Byron White
Dissenting
William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens

LAWRENCE COUNTY et al. v. LEAD-DEADWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 40-1 is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 9, 1985. The case was argued before the court on October 30, 1984.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the South Dakota State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Federalism - national supremacy: miscellaneous
Petitioner: County government or county governmental unit, except school district
Petitioner state: South Dakota
Respondent type: Local school district or board of education
Respondent state: South Dakota
Citation: 469 U.S. 256
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: Byron White

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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