NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES et al. v. DUBLINO et al. (1973)

NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES et al. v. DUBLINO et al.
	Term: 1972
Important Dates
	Argued: April 17, 1973
	Decided: June 21, 1973
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	7-2
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • William Douglas • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
	William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall

NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES et al. v. DUBLINO et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 21, 1973. The case was argued before the court on April 17, 1973.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the New York Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - poverty law, statutory: welfare benefits, typically under some Social Security Act provision.
Petitioner: State department or agency
Petitioner state: New York
Respondent type: Indigent, needy, welfare recipient
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 413 U.S. 405
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: Lewis Powell

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.