THADDEUS DONALD EDMONSON v. LEESVILLE CONCRETE CO., INC. (1991)

THADDEUS DONALD EDMONSON v. LEESVILLE CONCRETE CO., INC.
	Term: 1990
Important Dates
	Argued: January 15, 1991
	Decided: June 3, 1991
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	6-3
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • Anthony Kennedy • Thurgood Marshall • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Dissenting
	Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia

THADDEUS DONALD EDMONSON v. LEESVILLE CONCRETE CO., INC. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 3, 1991. The case was argued before the court on January 15, 1991.

In a 6-3 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 Louisiana Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - Desegregation (other than as pertains to school desegregation, employment discrimination, and affirmative action)
Petitioner: Racial or ethnic minority employee or job applicant
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Construction industry
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 500 U.S. 614
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: Anthony Kennedy

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.