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LEHR v. ROBERTSON et al. (1983)

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LEHR v. ROBERTSON et al.
Term: 1982
Important Dates
Argued: December 7, 1982
Decided: June 27, 1983
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Majority
William Brennan • Warren Burger • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • Thurgood Marshall • Byron White

LEHR v. ROBERTSON et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 27, 1983. The case was argued before the court on December 7, 1982.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1980s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Burger Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - Sex discrimination (excluding sex discrimination in employment)
  • Petitioner: Father
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Mother
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 463 U.S. 248
  • 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: John Paul Stevens

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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