MEMPHIS COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT et al. v. STACHURA (1986)

MEMPHIS COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT et al. v. STACHURA
	Term: 1985
Important Dates
	Argued: April 2, 1986
	Decided: June 25, 1986
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Warren Burger • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Byron White
Concurring
	Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens

MEMPHIS COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT et al. v. STACHURA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 25, 1986. The case was argued before the court on April 2, 1986.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Michigan Eastern 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: Local school district or board of education
Petitioner state: Michigan
Respondent type: Governmental employee or job applicant
Respondent state: Michigan
Citation: 477 U.S. 299
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: Lewis Powell

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.