LLOYD HENDERSON v. UNITED STATES (1996)

LLOYD HENDERSON v. UNITED STATES
	Term: 1995
Important Dates
	Argued: March 19, 1996
	Decided: May 20, 1996
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	6-3
Majority
	Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • David Souter • John Paul Stevens
Concurring
	Anthony Kennedy • Antonin Scalia
Dissenting
	Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Clarence Thomas

LLOYD HENDERSON v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 20, 1996. The case was argued before the court on March 19, 1996.

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 Texas Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - Federal Rules of Civil Procedure including Supreme Court Rules, application of the Federal Rules of Evidence, Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure in civil litigation, Circuit Court Rules, and state rules and admiralty rules
Petitioner: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 517 U.S. 654
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: Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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.