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THOMPSON v. THOMPSON, AKA CLAY (1988)

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THOMPSON v. THOMPSON, AKA CLAY
Term: 1987
Important Dates
Argued: October 6, 1987
Decided: January 12, 1988
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Concurring
Sandra Day O'Connor • Antonin Scalia

THOMPSON v. THOMPSON, AKA CLAY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 12, 1988. The case was argued before the court on October 6, 1987.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California Central U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1980s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Rehnquist Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - Standing to sue: private or implied cause of action
  • Petitioner: Father
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Mother
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 484 U.S. 174
  • 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: Thurgood Marshall

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.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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