SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT et al. v. KNOLL (1985)

SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT et al. v. KNOLL
	Term: 1984
Important Dates
	Argued: January 14, 1985
	Decided: April 17, 1985
Outcome
	Vacated and remanded
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Byron White

SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT et al. v. KNOLL is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 17, 1985. The case was argued before the court on January 14, 1985.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated 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 - liability, civil rights acts (cf. liability, governmental and liability, nongovernmental; cruel and unusual punishment, non-death penalty)
Petitioner: Local school district or board of education
Petitioner state: Pennsylvania
Respondent type: Female governmental employee or job applicant
Respondent state: Pennsylvania
Citation: 471 U.S. 288
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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.