MATHEWS, SECRETARY OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE v. DE CASTRO (1976) - Ballotpedia

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MATHEWS, SECRETARY OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE v. DE CASTRO

Term: 1976
Important Dates
Argued: November 8, 1976
Decided: December 13, 1976
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Concurring
Thurgood Marshall

MATHEWS, SECRETARY OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE v. DE CASTRO is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 13, 1976. The case was argued before the court on November 8, 1976.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - Sex discrimination (excluding sex discrimination in employment)
Petitioner: Department or Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Mother
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 429 U.S. 181
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: Potter Stewart

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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