PENNSYLVANIA BUREAU OF CORRECTION v. UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE et al. (1985)

PENNSYLVANIA BUREAU OF CORRECTION v. UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE et al.
	Term: 1985
Important Dates
	Argued: October 15, 1985
	Decided: November 18, 1985
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	8-1
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Byron White
Dissenting
	John Paul Stevens

PENNSYLVANIA BUREAU OF CORRECTION v. UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 18, 1985. The case was argued before the court on October 15, 1985.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Pennsylvania Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of federal district courts or territorial courts
Petitioner: State department or agency
Petitioner state: Pennsylvania
Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Respondent state: United States
Citation: 474 U.S. 34
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: Lewis Powell

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.