SULLIVAN, SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES v. HUDSON (1989)

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SULLIVAN, SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES v. HUDSON
Term: 1988
Important Dates
Argued: April 17, 1989
Decided: June 12, 1989
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • John Paul Stevens
Dissenting
Anthony Kennedy • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • Byron White

SULLIVAN, SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES v. HUDSON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 12, 1989. The case was argued before the court on April 17, 1989.

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

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Attorneys - Attorneys' and governmental employees' or officials' fees or compensation or licenses
  • Petitioner: Department or Secretary of Health and Human Services
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Disabled person or disability benefit claimant
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 490 U.S. 877
  • 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: Sandra Day O'Connor

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.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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