MINNESOTA STATE BOARD FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES v. KNIGHT et al. (1984) - Ballotpedia

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MINNESOTA STATE BOARD FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES v. KNIGHT et al.

Term: 1983
Important Dates
Argued: November 1, 1983
Decided: February 21, 1984
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-3
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Byron White
Concurring
Thurgood Marshall
Dissenting
William Brennan • Lewis Powell • John Paul Stevens

MINNESOTA STATE BOARD FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES v. KNIGHT et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 21, 1984. The case was argued before the court on November 1, 1983.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Minnesota U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: First Amendment - First Amendment, miscellaneous (cf. comity: First Amendment)
Petitioner: Specified state board or department of education
Petitioner state: Minnesota
Respondent type: Governmental employee or job applicant
Respondent state: Minnesota
Citation: 465 U.S. 271
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: Sandra Day O'Connor

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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