SCHOOL BOARD OF NASSAU COUNTY, FLORIDA, et al. v. ARLINE (1987) - Ballotpedia

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SCHOOL BOARD OF NASSAU COUNTY, FLORIDA, et al. v. ARLINE

Term: 1986
Important Dates
Argued: December 3, 1986
Decided: March 3, 1987
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-2
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Dissenting
William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia

SCHOOL BOARD OF NASSAU COUNTY, FLORIDA, et al. v. ARLINE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 3, 1987. The case was argued before the court on December 3, 1986.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Florida Middle U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - handicapped, rights of: under Rehabilitation, Americans with Disabilities Act, and related statutes
Petitioner: Local school district or board of education
Petitioner state: Florida
Respondent type: Handicapped individual, or organization of devoted to
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 480 U.S. 273
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: William Brennan

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

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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