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RENDELL-BAKER et al. v. KOHN et al. (1982)

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RENDELL-BAKER et al. v. KOHN et al. |
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Term: 1981 |
Important Dates |
Argued: April 19, 1982 |
Decided: June 25, 1982 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
7-2 |
Majority |
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens |
Concurring |
Byron White |
Dissenting |
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall |
RENDELL-BAKER et al. v. KOHN et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 25, 1982. The case was argued before the court on April 19, 1982.
In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Massachusetts U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Civil Rights - liability, civil rights acts (cf. liability, governmental and liability, nongovernmental; cruel and unusual punishment, non-death penalty)
- Petitioner: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Private school, college, or university
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 457 U.S. 830
- 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: Warren Burger
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
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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