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OWEN v. CITY OF INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI, et al.

Term: 1979
Important Dates
Argued: January 8, 1980
Decided: April 16, 1980
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
5-4
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Dissenting
Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart

OWEN v. CITY OF INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI, et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 16, 1980. The case was argued before the court on January 8, 1980.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Missouri Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - liability, civil rights acts (cf. liability, governmental and liability, nongovernmental; cruel and unusual punishment, non-death penalty)
Petitioner: Governmental employee or job applicant
Petitioner state: Missouri
Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Respondent state: Missouri
Citation: 445 U.S. 622
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: 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.

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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