PENNHURST STATE SCHOOL AND HOSPITAL et al. v. HALDERMAN et al. (1981)

PENNHURST STATE SCHOOL AND HOSPITAL et al. v. HALDERMAN et al.
	Term: 1980
Important Dates
	Argued: December 8, 1980
	Decided: April 20, 1981
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	6-3
Majority
	Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Potter Stewart
Concurring
	Harry Blackmun
Dissenting
	William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Byron White

PENNHURST STATE SCHOOL AND HOSPITAL et al. v. HALDERMAN et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 20, 1981. The case was argued before the court on December 8, 1980.

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 Pennsylvania Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - handicapped, rights of: under Rehabilitation, Americans with Disabilities Act, and related statutes
Petitioner: Hospital, medical center
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Retarded person, or mental incompetent
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 451 U.S. 1
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 Rehnquist

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.