PHILPOTT et al. v. ESSEX COUNTY WELFARE BOARD (1973) - Ballotpedia

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PHILPOTT et al. v. ESSEX COUNTY WELFARE BOARD

Term: 1972
Important Dates
Argued: December 4, 1972
Decided: January 10, 1973
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart • Byron White

PHILPOTT et al. v. ESSEX COUNTY WELFARE BOARD is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 10, 1973. The case was argued before the court on December 4, 1972.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New Jersey State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - poverty law, statutory: welfare benefits, typically under some Social Security Act provision.
Petitioner: Disabled person or disability benefit claimant
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: County government or county governmental unit, except school district
Respondent state: New Jersey
Citation: 409 U.S. 413
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 Douglas

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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