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MAINE et al. v. THIBOUTOT ET VIR. (1980)

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MAINE et al. v. THIBOUTOT ET VIR.
Term: 1979
Important Dates
Argued: April 22, 1980
Decided: June 25, 1980
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist

MAINE et al. v. THIBOUTOT ET VIR. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 25, 1980. The case was argued before the court on April 22, 1980.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Maine State Trial 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: State
  • Petitioner state: Maine
  • Respondent type: Parent or parents
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 448 U.S. 1
  • 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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