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MT. HEALTHY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION v. DOYLE (1977)

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MT. HEALTHY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION v. DOYLE
Term: 1976
Important Dates
Argued: November 3, 1976
Decided: January 11, 1977
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Potter Stewart • Byron White

MT. HEALTHY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION v. DOYLE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 11, 1977. The case was argued before the court on November 3, 1976.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Ohio Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: First Amendment - First Amendment, miscellaneous (cf. comity: First Amendment)
  • Petitioner: Local school district or board of education
  • Petitioner state: Ohio
  • Respondent type: Governmental employee or job applicant
  • Respondent state: Ohio
  • Citation: 429 U.S. 274
  • 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: William Rehnquist

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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