SCHLESINGER, SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, et al. v. BALLARD (1975) - Ballotpedia

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SCHLESINGER, SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, et al. v. BALLARD

Term: 1974
Important Dates
Argued: October 15, 1974
Decided: January 15, 1975
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
5-4
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart
Dissenting
William Brennan • William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall • Byron White

SCHLESINGER, SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, et al. v. BALLARD is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 15, 1975. The case was argued before the court on October 15, 1974.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - Sex discrimination (excluding sex discrimination in employment)
Petitioner: Department or Secretary of Defense (and Department or Secretary of War)
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Military personnel, or dependent of, including reservist
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 419 U.S. 498
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: Potter Stewart

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

External links

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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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