ROE et al. v. NORTON, COMMISSIONER OF WELFARE (1975)

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ROE et al. v. NORTON, COMMISSIONER OF WELFARE
Term: 1974
Important Dates
Argued: February 25, 1975
Decided: June 24, 1975
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Concurring
William Douglas

ROE et al. v. NORTON, COMMISSIONER OF WELFARE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 24, 1975. The case was argued before the court on February 25, 1975.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Connecticut U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - poverty law, statutory: welfare benefits, typically under some Social Security Act provision.
  • Petitioner: Mother
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Connecticut
  • Citation: 422 U.S. 391
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • 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 liberal.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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