TERRY L. WHITMAN v. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION et al. (2006) - Ballotpedia

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TERRY L. WHITMAN v. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION et al.

Term: 2005
Important Dates
Argued: December 5, 2005
Decided: June 5, 2006
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
8-0
Majority
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas

TERRY L. WHITMAN v. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 5, 2006. The case was argued before the court on December 5, 2005.

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 Alaska U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of federal district courts or territorial courts
Petitioner: Governmental employee or job applicant
Petitioner state: United States
Respondent type: Department or Secretary of Transportation
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 547 U.S. 512
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: John Roberts
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 liberal.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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