SULLIVAN, SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES v. ZEBLEY et al. (1990)

SULLIVAN, SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES v. ZEBLEY et al.
	Term: 1989
Important Dates
	Argued: November 28, 1989
	Decided: February 20, 1990
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	7-2
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Anthony Kennedy • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • Antonin Scalia • John Paul Stevens
Dissenting
	William Rehnquist • Byron White

SULLIVAN, SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES v. ZEBLEY et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 20, 1990. The case was argued before the court on November 28, 1989.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Pennsylvania Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - poverty law, statutory: welfare benefits, typically under some Social Security Act provision.
Petitioner: Department or Secretary of Health and Human Services
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Child, children, including adopted or illegitimate
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 493 U.S. 521
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: 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 liberal.