TONY AND SUSAN ALAMO FOUNDATION et al. v. SECRETARY OF LABOR (1985)

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TONY AND SUSAN ALAMO FOUNDATION et al. v. SECRETARY OF LABOR
Term: 1984
Important Dates
Argued: March 25, 1985
Decided: April 23, 1985
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Byron White

TONY AND SUSAN ALAMO FOUNDATION et al. v. SECRETARY OF LABOR is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 23, 1985. The case was argued before the court on March 25, 1985.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Arkansas Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Unions - Fair Labor Standards Act
  • Petitioner: Religious organization, institution, or person
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Department or Secretary of Labor
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 471 U.S. 290
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Byron White

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.

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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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