LUKHARD, COMMISSIONER, VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES v. REED et al. (1987)

LUKHARD, COMMISSIONER, VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES v. REED et al.
	Term: 1986
Important Dates
	Argued: January 14, 1987
	Decided: April 22, 1987
Outcome
	Reversed
Vote
	5-4
Judgment of the court
	Antonin Scalia
Majority
	William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Concurring
	Harry Blackmun
Dissenting
	William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell

LUKHARD, COMMISSIONER, VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES v. REED et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 22, 1987. The case was argued before the court on January 14, 1987.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the West Virginia U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - poverty law, statutory: welfare benefits, typically under some Social Security Act provision.
Petitioner: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Petitioner state: Virginia
Respondent type: Indigent, needy, welfare recipient
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 481 U.S. 368
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Judgment of the Court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
Who wrote the majority opinion: Antonin Scalia

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.