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MONROE v. STANDARD OIL CO. (1981)

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MONROE v. STANDARD OIL CO.
Term: 1980
Important Dates
Argued: March 4, 1981
Decided: June 17, 1981
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Majority
Thurgood Marshall • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Lewis Powell

MONROE v. STANDARD OIL CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 17, 1981. The case was argued before the court on March 4, 1981.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Ohio Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - military: veteran
  • Petitioner: Military personnel, or dependent of, including reservist
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: employer. If employer's relations with employees are governed by the nature of the employer's business (e.g., railroad, boat), rather than labor law generally, the more specific designation is used in place of Employer.
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 452 U.S. 549
  • 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: 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.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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