ST. MARY'S HONOR CENTER, et al. v. MELVIN HICKS (1993)

ST. MARY'S HONOR CENTER, et al. v. MELVIN HICKS
	Term: 1992
Important Dates
	Argued: April 20, 1993
	Decided: June 25, 1993
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	5-4
Majority
	Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
	Harry Blackmun • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Byron White

ST. MARY'S HONOR CENTER, et al. v. MELVIN HICKS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 25, 1993. The case was argued before the court on April 20, 1993.

In a 5-4 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 Missouri Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - employment discrimination: on basis of race, age, religion, illegitimacy, national origin, or working conditions.
Petitioner: State department or agency
Petitioner state: Missouri
Respondent type: Minority governmental employee or job applicant
Respondent state: Missouri
Citation: 509 U.S. 502
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: Antonin Scalia

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.