MAETTA VANCE, PETITIONER v. BALL STATE UNIVERSITY (2013) - Ballotpedia

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MAETTA VANCE, PETITIONER v. BALL STATE UNIVERSITY

Term: 2012
Important Dates
Argued: November 26, 2012
Decided: June 24, 2013
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Majority
Samuel Alito • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia
Concurring
Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Elena Kagan • Sonia Sotomayor

MAETTA VANCE, PETITIONER v. BALL STATE UNIVERSITY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 24, 2013. The case was argued before the court on November 26, 2012.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Indiana Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - liability, civil rights acts (cf. liability, governmental and liability, nongovernmental; cruel and unusual punishment, non-death penalty)
Petitioner: Minority female governmental employee or job applicant
Petitioner state: Indiana
Respondent type: State college or university
Respondent state: Indiana
Citation: 570 U.S. 421
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: John Roberts
Who wrote the majority opinion: Samuel Alito

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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