TEXAS STATE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION et al. v. GARLAND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT et al. (1989)

TEXAS STATE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION et al. v. GARLAND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT et al.
	Term: 1988
Important Dates
	Argued: March 1, 1989
	Decided: March 28, 1989
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Anthony Kennedy • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • John Paul Stevens • Byron White

TEXAS STATE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION et al. v. GARLAND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 28, 1989. The case was argued before the court on March 1, 1989.

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 Texas 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: Governmental employee or job applicant
Petitioner state: Texas
Respondent type: Local school district or board of education
Respondent state: Texas
Citation: 489 U.S. 782
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.