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PRINCETON UNIVERSITY et al. v. SCHMID (1982)
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| PRINCETON UNIVERSITY et al. v. SCHMID |
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| Term: 1981 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: November 10, 1981 |
| Decided: January 13, 1982 |
| Outcome |
| Petition denied or appeal dismissed |
| Vote |
| 8-0 |
| Majority |
| Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Byron White |
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY et al. v. SCHMID is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 13, 1982. The case was argued before the court on November 10, 1981.
In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the New Jersey State Trial Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: dismissed or affirmed for want of jurisdiction (cf. judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal from federal district courts or courts of appeals)
- Petitioner: State
- Petitioner state: New Jersey
- Respondent type: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 455 U.S. 100
- How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
- What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown
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.
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