SCHWEIKER, SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES v. WILSON et al. (1981) - Ballotpedia

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SCHWEIKER, SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES v. WILSON et al.

Term: 1980
Important Dates
Argued: December 2, 1980
Decided: March 4, 1981
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
5-4
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • John Paul Stevens

SCHWEIKER, SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES v. WILSON et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 4, 1981. The case was argued before the court on December 2, 1980.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - poverty law, constitutional
Petitioner: Department or Secretary of Health and Human Services
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Retarded person, or mental incompetent
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 450 U.S. 221
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: 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 conservative.

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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