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RANKIN et al. v. MCPHERSON

Term: 1986
Important Dates
Argued: March 23, 1987
Decided: June 24, 1987
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens
Concurring
Lewis Powell
Dissenting
Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • Byron White

RANKIN et al. v. MCPHERSON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 24, 1987. The case was argued before the court on March 23, 1987.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Texas Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: First Amendment - First Amendment, miscellaneous (cf. comity: First Amendment)
Petitioner: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Petitioner state: Texas
Respondent type: Minority female governmental employee or job applicant
Respondent state: Texas
Citation: 483 U.S. 378
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
Who wrote the majority opinion: Thurgood Marshall

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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