MOOR et al. v. COUNTY OF ALAMEDA et al. (1973)

MOOR et al. v. COUNTY OF ALAMEDA et al.
	Term: 1972
Important Dates
	Argued: February 27, 1973
	Decided: May 14, 1973
Outcome
	Affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part and remanded
Vote
	8-1
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
	William Douglas

MOOR et al. v. COUNTY OF ALAMEDA et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 14, 1973. The case was argued before the court on February 27, 1973.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the California Northern 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: Physically injured person, including wrongful death, who is not an employee
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: County government or county governmental unit, except school district
Respondent state: California
Citation: 411 U.S. 693
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: Thurgood Marshall

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.