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QUINN, COMMISSIONER, CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT v. MUSCARE (1976)

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QUINN, COMMISSIONER, CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT v. MUSCARE
Term: 1975
Important Dates
Argued: March 30, 1976
Decided: May 3, 1976
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
8-0
Majority
Harry BlackmunWilliam BrennanWarren BurgerThurgood MarshallLewis PowellWilliam RehnquistPotter StewartByron White

QUINN, COMMISSIONER, CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT v. MUSCARE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 3, 1976. The case was argued before the court on March 30, 1976.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Illinois Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: writ improvidently granted
  • Petitioner: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
  • Petitioner state: Illinois
  • Respondent type: Governmental employee or job applicant
  • Respondent state: Illinois
  • Citation: 425 U.S. 560
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • 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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