LYNG, SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE v. CASTILLO et al. (1986) - Ballotpedia

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LYNG, SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE v. CASTILLO et al.

Term: 1985
Important Dates
Argued: April 29, 1986
Decided: June 27, 1986
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-3
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens
Dissenting
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Byron White

LYNG, SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE v. CASTILLO et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 27, 1986. The case was argued before the court on April 29, 1986.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Texas Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - poverty law, constitutional
Petitioner: Department or Secretary of Agriculture
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Indigent, needy, welfare recipient
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 477 U.S. 635
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.

See also

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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