QUERN, DIRECTOR, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC AID OF ILLINOIS v. JORDAN (1979) - Ballotpedia

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QUERN, DIRECTOR, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC AID OF ILLINOIS v. JORDAN

Term: 1978
Important Dates
Argued: November 8, 1978
Decided: March 5, 1979
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Concurring
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall

QUERN, DIRECTOR, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC AID OF ILLINOIS v. JORDAN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 5, 1979. The case was argued before the court on November 8, 1978.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - poverty law, constitutional
Petitioner: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Petitioner state: Illinois
Respondent type: Indigent, needy, welfare recipient
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 440 U.S. 332
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 Rehnquist

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.

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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