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NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY et al. v. BEAZER et al.

Term: 1978
Important Dates
Argued: December 6, 1978
Decided: March 21, 1979
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-3
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Potter Stewart
Concurring
Lewis Powell
Dissenting
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Byron White

NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY et al. v. BEAZER et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 21, 1979. The case was argued before the court on December 6, 1978.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - employment discrimination: on basis of race, age, religion, illegitimacy, national origin, or working conditions.
Petitioner: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Petitioner state: New York
Respondent type: Governmental employee or job applicant
Respondent state: New York
Citation: 440 U.S. 568
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: John Paul Stevens

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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