TORRES v. OAKLAND SCAVENGER CO. et al. (1988)

TORRES v. OAKLAND SCAVENGER CO. et al.
	Term: 1987
Important Dates
	Argued: February 23, 1988
	Decided: June 24, 1988
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	8-1
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • Anthony Kennedy • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Concurring
	Antonin Scalia
Dissenting
	William Brennan

TORRES v. OAKLAND SCAVENGER CO. et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 24, 1988. The case was argued before the court on February 23, 1988.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - Federal Rules of Civil Procedure including Supreme Court Rules, application of the Federal Rules of Evidence, Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure in civil litigation, Circuit Court Rules, and state rules and admiralty rules
Petitioner: Racial or ethnic minority employee or job applicant
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: employer. If employer's relations with employees are governed by the nature of the employer's business (e.g., railroad, boat), rather than labor law generally, the more specific designation is used in place of Employer.
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 487 U.S. 312
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.