O'CONNOR et al. v. ORTEGA (1987)

O'CONNOR et al. v. ORTEGA
	Term: 1986
Important Dates
	Argued: October 15, 1986
	Decided: March 31, 1987
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	5-4
Judgment of the court
	Sandra Day O'Connor
Majority
	Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Byron White
Concurring
	Antonin Scalia
Dissenting
	Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens

O'CONNOR et al. v. ORTEGA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 31, 1987. The case was argued before the court on October 15, 1986.

In a 5-4 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 California Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - search and seizure (other than as pertains to vehicles or Crime Control Act)
Petitioner: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Petitioner state: California
Respondent type: Governmental employee or job applicant
Respondent state: California
Citation: 480 U.S. 709
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Judgment of the Court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
Who wrote the majority opinion: Sandra Day O'Connor

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.