PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF OHIO v. BETTS (1989)

PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF OHIO v. BETTS
	Term: 1988
Important Dates
	Argued: March 28, 1989
	Decided: June 23, 1989
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	7-2
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Dissenting
	William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall

PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF OHIO v. BETTS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 23, 1989. The case was argued before the court on March 28, 1989.

In a 7-2 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 Ohio Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - employment discrimination: on basis of race, age, religion, illegitimacy, national origin, or working conditions.
Petitioner: State commission, board, committee, or authority
Petitioner state: Ohio
Respondent type: Retired or former governmental employee
Respondent state: Ohio
Citation: 492 U.S. 158
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
Who wrote the majority opinion: Anthony Kennedy

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.