SALVE REGINA COLLEGE v. SHARON L. RUSSELL (1991)

SALVE REGINA COLLEGE v. SHARON L. RUSSELL
	Term: 1990
Important Dates
	Argued: November 27, 1990
	Decided: March 20, 1991
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	6-3
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • Anthony Kennedy • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • Antonin Scalia • David Souter
Dissenting
	William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Byron White

SALVE REGINA COLLEGE v. SHARON L. RUSSELL is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 20, 1991. The case was argued before the court on November 27, 1990.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Rhode Island U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of federal courts of appeals
Petitioner: Private school, college, or university
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Student, or applicant for admission to an educational institution
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 499 U.S. 225
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: Harry Blackmun

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.