LIBRARY OF CONGRESS et al. v. SHAW (1986) - Ballotpedia

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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS et al. v. SHAW

Term: 1985
Important Dates
Argued: February 24, 1986
Decided: July 1, 1986
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
6-3
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Byron White
Dissenting
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS et al. v. SHAW is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on July 1, 1986. The case was argued before the court on February 24, 1986.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the District Of Columbia U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Attorneys - Attorneys' and governmental employees' or officials' fees or compensation or licenses
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Minority governmental employee or job applicant
Respondent state: United States
Citation: 478 U.S. 310
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: Harry Blackmun

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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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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