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MCCARTHY v. PHILADELPHIA CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION

Term: 1975
Important Dates
Decided: March 22, 1976
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Majority
Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger

MCCARTHY v. PHILADELPHIA CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 22, 1976.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Pennsylvania State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - Residency requirements: durational, plus discrimination against nonresidents
Petitioner: Governmental employee or job applicant
Petitioner state: Pennsylvania
Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Respondent state: Pennsylvania
Citation: 424 U.S. 645
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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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