PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE et al. v. DAVENPORT ET UX. (1990) - Ballotpedia

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PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE et al. v. DAVENPORT ET UX.

Term: 1989
Important Dates
Argued: February 20, 1990
Decided: May 29, 1990
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-2
Majority
William Brennan • Anthony Kennedy • Thurgood Marshall • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • Sandra Day O'Connor

PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE et al. v. DAVENPORT ET UX. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 29, 1990. The case was argued before the court on February 20, 1990.

In a 7-2 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: Economic Activity - Bankruptcy (except in the context of priority of federal fiscal claims)
Petitioner: State department or agency
Petitioner state: Pennsylvania
Respondent type: Bankrupt person or business, or business in reorganization
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 495 U.S. 552
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
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

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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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