REBECCA MCDOWELL COOK v. DONALD J. GRALIKE AND MIKE HARMAN (2001)

REBECCA MCDOWELL COOK v. DONALD J. GRALIKE AND MIKE HARMAN
	Term: 2000
Important Dates
	Argued: November 6, 2000
	Decided: February 28, 2001
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens
Concurring
	Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Clarence Thomas

REBECCA MCDOWELL COOK v. DONALD J. GRALIKE AND MIKE HARMAN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 28, 2001. The case was argued before the court on November 6, 2000.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - Ballot access (of candidates and political parties)
Petitioner: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Petitioner state: Missouri
Respondent type: Political candidate, activist, committee, party, party member, organization, or elected official
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 531 U.S. 510
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: John Paul Stevens

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.