NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES, et al. v. WILLIAM HIBBS et al. (2003) - Ballotpedia

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NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES, et al. v. WILLIAM HIBBS et al.

Term: 2002
Important Dates
Argued: January 15, 2003
Decided: May 27, 2003
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Majority
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist
Concurring
David Souter • John Paul Stevens
Dissenting
Anthony Kennedy • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas

NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES, et al. v. WILLIAM HIBBS et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 27, 2003. The case was argued before the court on January 15, 2003.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Federalism - national supremacy: miscellaneous
Petitioner: State department or agency
Petitioner state: Nevada
Respondent type: Governmental employee or job applicant
Respondent state: Nevada
Citation: 538 U.S. 721
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
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 liberal.

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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