PATSY v. BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA (1982) - Ballotpedia

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PATSY v. BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA

Term: 1981
Important Dates
Argued: March 2, 1982
Decided: June 21, 1982
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
7-2
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens
Concurring
Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Byron White
Dissenting
Warren Burger • Lewis Powell

PATSY v. BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 21, 1982. The case was argued before the court on March 2, 1982.

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 Florida Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - comity: civil rights
Petitioner: Minority female governmental employee or job applicant
Petitioner state: Florida
Respondent type: State college or university
Respondent state: Florida
Citation: 457 U.S. 496
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: Thurgood Marshall

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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