TOLL, PRESIDENT, UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND v. MORENO et al. (1979)

TOLL, PRESIDENT, UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND v. MORENO et al.
	Term: 1978
Important Dates
	Argued: February 22, 1979
	Decided: April 30, 1979
Outcome
	Vacated and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Potter Stewart • Byron White

TOLL, PRESIDENT, UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND v. MORENO et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 30, 1979. The case was argued before the court on February 22, 1979.

In a 9-0 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 Maryland U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: change in state law (cf. no merits: remand to determine basis of state court decision)
Petitioner: State college or university
Petitioner state: Maryland
Respondent type: Alien, person subject to a denaturalization proceeding, or one whose citizenship is revoked
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 441 U.S. 458
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
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 conservative.