LINDAHL v. OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT (1985)

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LINDAHL v. OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
Term: 1984
Important Dates
Argued: December 3, 1984
Decided: March 20, 1985
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
5-4
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • John Paul Stevens
Dissenting
Warren Burger • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Byron White

LINDAHL v. OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 20, 1985. The case was argued before the court on December 3, 1984.

In a 5-4 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 U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - Judicial review of administrative agency's or administrative official's actions and procedures
  • Petitioner: Retired or former governmental employee
  • Petitioner state: United States
  • Respondent type: Office of Personnel Management
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 470 U.S. 768
  • 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: William Brennan

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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