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ORR v. ORR (1979)

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ORR v. ORR
Term: 1978
Important Dates
Argued: November 27, 1978
Decided: March 5, 1979
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
6-3
Majority
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Concurring
Harry Blackmun • John Paul Stevens
Dissenting
Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist

ORR v. ORR is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 5, 1979. The case was argued before the court on November 27, 1978.

In a 6-3 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 Alabama State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1970s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Burger Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - Sex discrimination (excluding sex discrimination in employment)
  • Petitioner: Husband, or ex-husband
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Wife, or ex-wife
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 440 U.S. 268
  • 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: William Brennan

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.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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