TENNESSEE SECONDARY SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION v. BRENTWOOD ACADEMY (2007)

TENNESSEE SECONDARY SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION v. BRENTWOOD ACADEMY
	Term: 2006
Important Dates
	Argued: April 18, 2007
	Decided: June 21, 2007
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens
Concurring
	Samuel Alito • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Clarence Thomas

TENNESSEE SECONDARY SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION v. BRENTWOOD ACADEMY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 21, 2007. The case was argued before the court on April 18, 2007.

In a 9-0 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 Tennessee Middle U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: First Amendment - First Amendment, miscellaneous (cf. comity: First Amendment)
Petitioner: Professional organization, business, or person
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Private school, college, or university
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 551 U.S. 291
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: John Roberts
Who wrote the majority opinion: John Paul Stevens

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.