SECRETARY OF PUBLIC WELFARE OF PENNSYLVANIA et al. v. INSTITUTIONALIZED JUVENILES et al. (1979)

SECRETARY OF PUBLIC WELFARE OF PENNSYLVANIA et al. v. INSTITUTIONALIZED JUVENILES et al.
	Term: 1978
Important Dates
	Argued: October 10, 1978
	Decided: June 20, 1979
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	6-3
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Byron White
Concurring
	Potter Stewart
Dissenting
	William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens

SECRETARY OF PUBLIC WELFARE OF PENNSYLVANIA et al. v. INSTITUTIONALIZED JUVENILES et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 20, 1979. The case was argued before the court on October 10, 1978.

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 Pennsylvania Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - Juveniles (cf. rights of illegitimates)
Petitioner: State
Petitioner state: Pennsylvania
Respondent type: Involuntarily committed mental patient
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 442 U.S. 640
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: Warren Burger

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.