MARIAN JOHNSON, et al. v. KRISTINE L. FANKELL (1997)

MARIAN JOHNSON, et al. v. KRISTINE L. FANKELL
	Term: 1996
Important Dates
	Argued: February 26, 1997
	Decided: June 9, 1997
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas

MARIAN JOHNSON, et al. v. KRISTINE L. FANKELL is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 9, 1997. The case was argued before the court on February 26, 1997.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Idaho State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Federalism - federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation. cf. state regulation of business. rarely involves union activity. Does not involve constitutional interpretation unless the Court says it does.
Petitioner: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Petitioner state: Idaho
Respondent type: Female governmental employee or job applicant
Respondent state: Idaho
Citation: 520 U.S. 911
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: 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.