OHIO BUREAU OF EMPLOYMENT SERVICES et al. v. HODORY (1977) - Ballotpedia

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OHIO BUREAU OF EMPLOYMENT SERVICES et al. v. HODORY

Term: 1976
Important Dates
Argued: February 28, 1977
Decided: May 31, 1977
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
8-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • John Paul Stevens • Potter Stewart • Byron White

OHIO BUREAU OF EMPLOYMENT SERVICES et al. v. HODORY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 31, 1977. The case was argued before the court on February 28, 1977.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Ohio Northern 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: Ohio
Respondent type: Unemployed person or unemployment compensation applicant or claimant
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 431 U.S. 471
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: Harry Blackmun

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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